15/02/2023
Posted • SC Sets Rules on When Private Offended Party Can Appeal Judgments, Orders in Criminal Proceedings |
The Supreme Court has laid down guidelines on the legal standing of private offended parties when questioning judgments or orders in criminal proceedings.
In a 36-page Decision penned by Justice Mario V. Lopez, the Supreme Court En Banc denied the Petition for Certiorari filed by Mamerto Austria challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeals (CA) which overturned the Regional Trial Court’s (RTC) acquittal of Austria on criminal charges of acts of lasciviousness.
In denying Austria’s petition, the High Court reviewed existing jurisprudence on the issue of the legal personality of a private offended party in criminal proceedings.
Harmonizing the divergent doctrines laid down in previous decisions, the Court formulated guidelines in determining the legal personality of a private offended party in questioning criminal judgments or orders, as enumerated below.
Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32794/. Read the Decision in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32735/.
