Practice question
A bailed accused is absent without justification from one notified trial date but has not escaped from custody. Does that fact alone necessarily waive presence on every later date?
- Yes, all future notice is automatically abolished.
- No.
- Yes, the accused can never reappear.
- Yes, a single missed date is a permanent guilty plea.
- Yes, the judge may forbid every later defense submission.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 115-116 and 118-119, specifically the provisions discussed: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Marcos v. Ruiz, G.R. Nos. 70746-47, September 1, 1992, MAIN decision; apply current Rules 115 and 119 rather than its historical section numbering: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1992/sep1992/gr_70746_1992.html
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