Reopening of Proceedings

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1. Until when does Rule119 Section24 permit the described reopening?
2. What purpose does Section24 state for reopening?
3. Does Section24 require a hearing when the judge acts on its own initiative?
4. A judge proposes reopening before conviction becomes final but without hearing, solely because the judge initiated it. …
5. A party asks to reopen long after the conviction has become final, relying solely on Section24. No exceptional independ…
6. Before finality, a party identifies a substantial matter potentially preventing a miscarriage of justice and requests r…
7. A court validly reopens before finality. One party proposes leaving the reopened proceedings unresolved indefinitely be…
8. State the principal limits of reopening under Section24.
9. Why does judicial initiative not excuse a hearing for reopening?
10. Explain why Section24 is not a general postfinality remedy.
11. Does the thirty-day limit in Section24 concern terminating the reopened proceedings rather than merely starting them?
12. What event is the stated starting point for Section24’s thirty-day termination period?