The former senator is acquitted by the court in her last case back in June, clearing her in all of her drug charges
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Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 206 Presiding Judge Gener Gito denied the prosecution’s appeal against the decision in an order dated August 7, but was made public on Thursday, August 29. After Judge GitoJUST IN. Muntinlupa court affirms ex-sen. Leila de Lima's acquittal in third and last case.
A way for the prosecution to challenge an acquittal is by showing there’s grave abuse of discretion or prove that the court has erred in its ruling through a petition for certiorari. However, the judge said the prosecution’s arguments in the appeal mainly dealt with how the Court looked into the evidence presented by the prosecution, and not if whether the court erred in acquitting the former senator.
“Having failed to cite any instance of grave abuse of discretion on the part of the Court, which is the only thoroughfare to vacating a judgement of acquittal, there is therefore no reason for this Court to reconsider its Order dated July 19, 2024,” it added.
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