Practice question
If the required connecting proof is not produced, what follows for the conditionally received item?
- It automatically becomes conclusive.
- Counsel’s promise replaces the missing evidence.
- Its condition has failed and exclusion or striking from consideration may be sought as appropriate.
- The opponent must supply the proponent’s missing case.
- The condition disappears because trial took time.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 sections 3–4; Rule 130 section 31; Rule 132 section 39: required connection, conspiracy foundation and striking improper evidence.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1955/nov1955/gr_l-9181_1955.html — People v. Yatco, G.R. L-9181, November 28, 1955, main opinion: provisional reception on a promised later connection, subject to final exclusion requirements.
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