Practice question
A court grants a Letter of Request within an applicable Convention framework. During execution, a witness establishes a qualifying Section 33 privilege. The proponent argues that the earlier grant conclusively disposed of every privilege objection. Which answer is best?
- Granting a request always waives every privilege
- Issuance makes all evidence admissible
- A witness loses privilege merely by being identified
- The grant does not eliminate Section 33's protected refusal; Section 11 also distinguishes issuance from admissibility
- A request creates a criminal conviction
Legal references
- A.M. No. 25-02-17-SC, Sections 1, 2(s), 11, 32–33; Convention applicability assumed only when in force between the relevant States: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/98634
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