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What is Clarification on Prosecution Duties in Criminal Cases about?

This document is a resolution from the Supreme Court of the Philippines clarifying a previous ruling regarding the role of prosecutors in criminal cases. It states that the previous ruling, which required the fiscal to be present during trial proceedings, only applies to cases in Courts of First Instance and not municipal courts. For municipal courts, police, constabulary, and private prosecutors can still prosecute cases, unless the fiscal intervenes. Two concurring opinions note that the offended party ca

Author

Eller-jed M. Mendoza

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