In a resolution dated March 29 but only made public on Sunday, the High Court directed Regional Trial Court Branch 52 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan to also continue “with utmost dispatch” the proceedings in Criminal Case No. 26839, in-- READ MORE:
Mario Joel Reyes in connection with the killing of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega in 2011.
This came after the SC denied Reyes’ petition to reverse and set aside the amended decision by the Court of Appeals in November 2019 and its resolution in February 2021 in connection to the case. “We do not find that the CA committed reversible error when it affirmed the trial court’s Orders,” the resolution read.
“There is likewise no showing that the trial court’s power was exercised in an arbitrary and despotic manner. Petitioner’s disagreement with the conclusions reached by the trial court, without more, is not sufficient to warrant the issuance of the extraordinary writ of certiorari,” it added.
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