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People vs. Escobar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MANUEL ESCOBAR, RESPONDENT

G.R. No. 214300 | 2017-07-26

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
This Rule 45 Petition assails the Court of Appeals Decision to grant the accused's second petition for bail. Res judicata applies only in a final judgment in a civil case,[1] not in an interlocutory order in a criminal case.[2] An order disposing a petition for bail is interlocutory.[3] This order does not attain finality when a new matter warrants a second look on the application for bail.

Respondent Manuel Escobar (Escobar) filed a petition for bail (First Bail Petition), which was denied by the Regional Trial Court in the Order[4] dated October 6, 2008 and by the Court of Appeals in the Decision[5]...