Practice question
At a competency examination, may the court exclude the defendant without considering whether competence can be fully evaluated in his absence?
- Not on an automatic rule; Section 6(c) includes the defendant unless the court makes the stated determination.
- Yes, exclusion is invariably mandatory.
- Yes, the rule never mentions the defendant.
- Yes, any spectator may make that decision.
- Yes, the prosecutor may amend the attendance list privately.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 00-4-07-SC, November 21, 2000, Rule on Examination of a Child Witness, Sections 1, 4, 6-9 (law as of June 30, 2026): https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_004_07_sc_2000.html
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