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Pre-Trial Conference Guidelines in Criminal Cases

The document discusses pre-trial procedures in criminal cases in Philippine courts. It states that within 30 days of acquiring jurisdiction over the accused, the court must order a mandatory pre-trial conference to consider plea bargaining, stipulating facts, identifying evidence, waiving objections to evidence, modifying the trial order if a defense is admitted, and any other matters to promote a fair and expeditious trial.

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Pre-Trial Conference Guidelines in Criminal Cases

The document discusses pre-trial procedures in criminal cases in Philippine courts. It states that within 30 days of acquiring jurisdiction over the accused, the court must order a mandatory pre-trial conference to consider plea bargaining, stipulating facts, identifying evidence, waiving objections to evidence, modifying the trial order if a defense is admitted, and any other matters to promote a fair and expeditious trial.

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Pre-trial and Pre-trial Conference

Section 1. Pre-trial; mandatory in criminal cases. – In all criminal


cases cognizable by the Sandiganbayan, Regional Trial Court,
Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Municipal
Trial Court and Municipal Circuit Trial Court, the court shall, after
arraignment and within thirty (30) days from the date the court
acquires jurisdiction over the person of the accused, unless a
shorter period is provided for in special laws or circulars of the
Supreme Court, order a pre-trial conference to consider the following:

(a) plea bargaining;

(b) stipulation of facts;

(c) marking for identification of evidence of the parties;

(d) waiver of objections to admissibility of evidence;

(e) modification of the order of trial if the accused admits the charge but interposes a
lawful defense; and

(f) such matters as will promote a fair and expeditious trial of the criminal and civil aspects
of the case.

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