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Spouses Joel and Marietta Marimla Vs. People of the Philippines, et al.

SPOUSES JOEL AND MARIETTA MARIMLA, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HON. OMAR T. VIOLA, RTC Judge, Branch 57, Angeles City, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158467 | 2009-10-16

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court. It seeks to annul the Order[1] dated September 6, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Angeles City, Branch 57, denying petitioner spouses Joel and Marietta Marimla's Motion to Quash Search Warrant and to Suppress Evidence Illegally Seized, and the Order[2] dated April 21, 2003 denying the Motion for Reconsideration thereof.

The facts, as culled from the records, are as follows:

On February 15, 2002, Special Investigator (SI) Ray C. Lagasca of the NBI Anti-Organized Crime Division filed two (2) applications...