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People et al. vs. Christopher Choi

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. LOURDES F. GATBALITE, Presiding Judge, Branch 56, Regional Trial Court, Angeles City and ATTY. BENNIE NICDAO, Special Prosecutor, Special Operative Group, Economic Intelligence & Investigation Bureau, Petitioners, versus CHRISTOPHER CHOI, Respondent.

G.R. No. 152950 | 2006-08-03

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CORONA, J.: 

This petition for review on certiorari[1] seeks the reversal of the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated April 10, 2002 in CA-G.R. SP No. 59587, the dispositive portion of which read: 

WHEREFORE, the petition for certiorari and prohibition is GRANTED. Search Warrant No. 99-17 is deemed NULL and VOID and SET ASIDE. Respondent ATTY. BENNY NICDAO is prohibited from using in evidence the articles seized by virtue of Search Warrant No. 99-17 in Crim. Case No. I.S. No. 99-8116. 

SO ORDERED.[3] 

The factual antecedents follow. 

On April 27, 1999, Mario P. Nieto,...