Section 6Republic Act No. 3019, as amended, otherwise, known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and Republic Act No. 1379;, Sec./Art. 6

Pre-trial Inquest. After the arraignment of an accused who pleads not guilty, the division concerned shall, without prejudice to the invocation by the accused of his constitutional rights, direct the prosecutor and the accused and his counsel to appear before any of the Justices thereof for a conference to consider;

(a) Admissions of facts about which there can be no dispute;

(b) Marking for identification of documentary or real evidence of the parties;

(c) Waiver of objections to admissibility of evidence;

(d) Procedure on objections where there are multiple counsel;

(e) Order of presentation of evidence and arguments where there are multiple accused;

(f) Order of cross-examination where there are multiple accused; and

(g) Such other matter as will promote a fair and expeditious termination of the trial.

After the pre-trial inquest, a pre-trial order shall be issued by the Associate Justice presiding the conference reciting the actions and/or proceedings taken thereat, the admissions of facts made, the documents and real evidence marked, and the agreement entered into by the parties as to any of the matters taken up therein. Such order shall limit the issues for trial to those not disposed of by the admissions or agreements of the parties and when entered shall blind the parties and control the course of the action during the trial, on appeal, and in post-conviction proceedings, unless modified by the division concerned before trial to prevent manifest injustice.

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