A Muntinlupa court has granted the government prosecutors’ request to reopen the trial for one of the two remaining drug cases of former senator Leila de Lima that has been set for decision on May 12. ManilaBulletin READ:
In an order dated April 24, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204 reopened the trial for case 17-165 and set the hearing for rebuttal evidence of the prosecution for one day on on April 28 but said that the promulgation of the decision will still be held on May 12.
“While the Court will allow the presentation of rebuttal evidence, the promulgation set on May 12, 2023 shall be strictly maintained so as not to cause any delay in this case,” Presiding Judge Abraham Joseph Alcantara ordered. The case alleged that De Lima received P10 million in 2012 from former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos, which supposedly came from the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa.
“The prosecution alludes that while the presentation of rebuttal evidence is discretionary with the prosecution in criminal action, in the instant case, the overwhelming import of the new facts disclosed by the defense which have a damaging effect on the prosecution's version is imperative and necessary for the prosecution to present evidence,” the court said in the order.
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