CA junks P67-M estafa raps filed against lawyers of late billionaire
By Benjamin B. Pulta 08/15/2011The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld a decision by a Pasig City court dismissing the P67-million estafa charges filed against two former lawyers of late billionaire and Marcos crony Potenciano Ilusorio.
In a 12-page decision by Associate Justice Florito Macalino, the CA’s Sixth Division turned down the petition for certiorari filed by lawyers Demaree Raval and former Rep. Rolex Suplico seeking the reversal of the Oct. 8, 2007 order issued by Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 167 presiding Judge Agnes Reyes-Carpio.
Associate Justices Juan Enriquez Jr. and Ramon Bato Jr. concurred.
The Pasig RTC, in its order, quashed the estafa charges filed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) against the petitioners’ former law partners Luis Lokin and Salvador Hizon for lack of probable cause and non-payment of required docket fees..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110815met2.html
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