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Espinosa vs. Sandiganbayan

JOSEPHINE ESPINOSA, PETITIONER, V. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 191900, March 4, 2020] FELICISIMO F. LAZARTE, JOSEPHINE C. ANGSICO, AND VIRGILIO C. DACALOS, PETITIONERS, V. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 191951, March 4, 2020] NOEL A. LOBRIDO, PETITIONER, V. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 191834 | 2020-03-04

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
A petition for certiorari assailing the denial of a demurrer to evidence will not resolve the merits of the case in advance of trial. The court tasked with resolving the petition for certiorari may only review whether the lower court denied the demurrer to evidence with grave abuse of discretion.
 
Filing petitions for certiorari to assail denials of demurrers to evidence is emphatically discouraged. There is clearly a remedy still left to the accused, which is to continue with trial. Filing a petition for certiorari, therefore, borders on contumacious.
 
For this Court's resolution are...