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Al-Ghoul vs Court of Appeals

YOUSEF AL-GHOUL, ISAM MOHAMMAD ABDULHADI, WAIL RASHID AL-KHATIB, NABEEL NASSER AL-RIYAMI, ASHRAF HASSAM AL-YAZORI, AND MOHAMMAD ABUSHENDI, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 126859 | 2001-09-04

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioners assail the decision[1] dated September 30, 1996, of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the orders of the Regional Trial Court of Kalookan City, Branch 123, thereby dismissing petitioners' special civil action for certiorari.[2]

The facts leading to the present petition under Rule 65 are as follows:

On March 31, 1995, Judge Geronimo S. Mangay, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 125, Kalookan City, issued search warrants 54-95[3] and 55-95[4] for the search and seizure of certain items in Apartment No. 2 at 154 Obiniana Compound, Deparo Road,...