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The recommendation by the Office of the Solicitor General for this Court to promulgate
a set of rules for the guidance of the Bench and the Bar in transnational cases that may
arise in the future, where a prosecution's vital witness in a criminal proceeding is
unavailable for reasons other than those listed in Section 15, Rule 119 of the Rules of
Criminal Procedure vis-a-vis the enforcement of the accused's constitutional right to
confront witnesses face-to- face is NOTED and REFERRED to this Court's Committee
on Revision of the Rules for its appropriate action.
SO ORDERED.
Peralta, Leonen and Reyes, Jr., JJ., concur.
Inting, J., on official leave.
[1] Rollo, pp. 11-81.
[2] Id. at 90-107; penned by Associate Justice Ramon M. Bato, Jr. and concurred in by
Associate Justices Manuel M. Barrios and Renato C. Francisco.
[3] Id. at 117-129.
[4] Id. 214-216.
[5] Id. at 217-219.
[6] Id. at 220-222.
[7] Id. at 223-233.
[8] Id. at 128-129.
[9] Id. at 274-297.
[10] Id. at 130-146.
[11] Id. at 387-414.
[12] Id. at 147-191.
[13] Id. at 109-116.
[14] Id. at 613-618.
[15] Id. at 619-655.
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