The Supreme Court has affirmed a decision of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) acquitting retired Lieutenant General Jacinto Ligot and his wife, Erlinda, of tax evasion in connection to their P428-million tax deficiency case.
In a 20-page decision penned by Associate Justice Henri Jean Inting, the Third Division found nothing “capricious, whimsical, or even arbitrary” in the CTA’s ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the Ligot couple’s guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
“When there is no allegation or proof of mistrial, there is no need for the Court to reexamine the evidence adduced by the parties,” it added.The case stemmed from the petition of certiorari filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue against the January 2019 decision of the CTA that acquitted the Ligot couple and an October 2019 resolution that denied the BIR’s motion for reconsideration.
The Court further said that the petition did not point to any error of the jurisdiction committed by the CTA Third Division.
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