Exception To No Bail After Final Judgment

Category: Criminal Procedure

Exception To No Bail After Final Judgment

Sec. 24. No bail after final judgment; exception. – No bail shall be allowed after a judgment of conviction has become final. If before such finality, the accused applies for probation, he may be allowed temporary  liberty  under  his  bail.  When  no  bail  was  filed  or  the accused is incapable of filing one, the court may allow his release on  recognizance  to  the  custody  of  a  responsible  member  of  the community. In no case shall bail be allowed after the accused has commenced to serve sentence.
 
Sec. 25. Court supervision of detainees. – The court shall exercise supervision   over   all   persons   in   custody   for   the   purpose   of eliminating  unnecessary  detention.  The  executive  judges  of  the
Regional Trial Courts shall conduct monthly personal inspections of provincial,  city,  and  municipal  jails  and  the  prisoners  within  their respective   jurisdictions.   They   shall   ascertain   the   number   of detainees,  inquire  on  their  proper  accommodation  and  health  and examine  the  condition  of  the  jail  facilities.  They  shall  order  the segregation  of  sexes  and  of  minors  from  adults,  ensure  the
observance  of  the  right  of  detainees  to  confer  privately  with counsel,   and   strive   to   eliminate   conditions   inimical   to   the detainees.
 
In cities and municipalities  to be specified by the  Supreme Court, the  municipal  trial  judges  or  municipal  circuit  trial  judges  shall conduct monthly personal inspections of the municipal jails in their

respective  municipalities  and  submit  a  report  to  the  executive judge of the Regional Trial Court having jurisdiction therein.
 
A  monthly  report  of  such  visitation  shall  be  submitted  by  the executive  judges  to  the  Court  Administrator  which  shall  state  the total number of detainees, the names of those held for more than
thirty (30) days, the duration of detention, the crime charged, the status  of  the  case,  the  cause  for  detention,  and  other  pertinent information.
 
Sec.  26.  Bail  not  a  bar  to  objections  on  illegal  arrest,  lack  of  or irregular   preliminary  investigation.   –   An   application   for   or admission  to  bail  shall  not  bar  the  accused  from  challenging  the validity of his arrest or the legality of the warrant issued therefore, or  from  assailing  the  regularity  or  questioning  the  absence  of  a preliminary investigation of the charge  against him,  provided that he raises them before entering his plea. The court shall resolve the matter  as  early  as  practicable  but  not  later  than  the  start  of  the trial of the case.
 

DOES   AN   APPLICATION   FOR   BAIL   BAR   THE   ACCUSED   FROM QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF  THE WARRANT, OR  THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

> No, provided that he raises these questions before plea.  

> The ruling modifies the previous ruling that an application for bail by  the  accused  shall  be  considered  as  a  waiver  of  his  right  to challenge the validity of his arrest or the absence of a preliminary
investigation

> There is nothing inconsistent with posting bail and filing a motion to quash information