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People vs. Calleja

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILLIAM CALLEJA Y CAGANDA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 250865 | 2021-06-16

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
The law, being a creature of justice, is blind towards both the guilty and the innocent. The Court, as justice incarnate, must then be relentless in exacting the standards laid down by our laws - in fact, the Court can do no less. For when the fundamental rights of life and liberty are already hanging in the balance, it is the Court that must, at the risk of letting the guilty go unpunished, remain unforgiving in its calling. And if the guilty does go unpunished, then that is on the police and the prosecution - that is for them to explain to the People.[1]
 
The Case

Before the Court is an...