He Sc Ruled That Ricketts 39 Proper Recourse Is To Appeal Whatever The Eventual Judgment Will Be Quot Hence News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA -The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed for lack of merit a petition filed by former Optical Media Board (OMB) chairperson and chief executive officer Ronald "Ronnie" Ricketts seeking the dismissal of graft charges against him before the Sandiganbayan. The charges stemmed from Ricketts' alleged failure to charge those arrested for possession of pirated digital video discs (DVDs) and video compact discs (VCDs) during a raid in Quiapo, Manila in 2010. In a resolution promulgated in November and shared online Tuesday, the Court's First Division affirmed the 2017 resolutions of Sandiganbayan's Fourth Division that denied Ricketts' motion for leave of court to file a demurrer to evidence. A demurrer seeks the dismissal of a case by questioning the sufficiency of the evidence presented to support the charges. Following the decision of the Sandiganbayan to deny the motion for leave to file a demurrer, the SC ruled that Ricketts' proper ....

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