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Dahil si VP SARA ay kusang-loob na sumuko at nasa kustodiya na ng hukuman, ang kawalan ng mugshot o litrato ay hindi dapat maging dahilan upang hadlangan o maantala ang kanyang pagpo-post ng piyansa. Ayon sa OCA Circular No. 48-2026, ang anumang karagdagang dokumentong maaaring hilingin ng hukuman ay hindi dapat maging hadlang sa agarang pagproseso ng aplikasyon para sa piyansa. Dahil dito, SI VPSARA ay may karapatan na makapag-post ng piyansa nang walang hindi kinakailangang pagkaantala, alinsunod sa kanyang karapatang konstitusyonal sa piyansa.

10/06/2026

𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗝𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗬, 𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 "𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴" 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘭) 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.

𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦.

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗡𝗡. 𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝘃𝘀. 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦
𝗚.𝗥. 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟴𝟮, 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒:
Marilyn N. Evalle, an accountant for Tyco Development Corporation, was hit with two separate criminal charges a year apart. The first was for Falsification of Commercial Document (lodged in the MTCC). The second was for Theft through Falsification of Commercial Document (lodged in the RTC). Both cases stemmed from the exact same incident: the unauthorized encashment of a ₱2 million company check using alleged forged signatures.

The MTCC acquitted Evalle of the falsification charge by granting a Demurrer to Evidence, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove forgery and relied on an unoffered photocopy of the check. However, the RTC found her guilty of the complex crime of theft through falsification.

On appeal, the Court of Appeals (CA) recognized that her MTCC acquittal barred a conviction for falsification due to double jeopardy, but it still upheld a conviction for simple theft, sentencing her to prison.

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄:
𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 (𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙛𝙩) 𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩?
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𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆:
Yes. The Supreme Court reversed the CA decision and fully acquitted Evalle. The Court ruled that all elements of double jeopardy were met. Her prior acquittal for falsification via a granted demurrer was final and executory. Because falsification was alleged as the "necessary means" to execute the complex crime of theft, the prosecution was legally barred from using that same act to build a second case. Splitting a single act into separate prosecutions constitutes an oppressive practice that violates the constitutional right against double jeopardy.

𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙔, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝘿. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 26, 2014 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 27, 2015𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝘼-𝙂.𝙍. 𝘾𝙍 𝙉𝙤. 35937 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙀𝘿 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙀𝙏 𝘼𝙎𝙄𝘿𝙀. 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮𝙣 𝙉. 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝘼𝘾𝙌𝙐𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙉𝙤. 422-04 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙮.

FULL:
https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/216882.pdf

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The Court revisited the history and evolution of Article 365 of the Revised Penal Code and clarified that courts must apply Article 64 in determining the proper penalty for deaths caused by reckless imprudence involving motor vehicles.—SC, En Banc, Per Kho, Jr., J.

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"Article 145. Violation of parliamentary immunity. - The penalty of prision mayor shall be imposed upon any person who shall use force, intimidation, threats, or fraud to prevent any member of the National Assembly (Congress of the Philippines) from attending the meetings of the Assembly (Congress) or of any of its committees or subcommittees, constitutional commissions or committees or divisions thereof, from expressing his opinions or casting his vote; and the penalty of prision correccional shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who shall, while the Assembly (Congress) is in regular or special session, arrest or search any member thereof, except in case such member has committed a crime punishable under this Code by a penalty higher than prision mayor." (Act No. 3815, Revised Penal Code)