By OnePH News: One of the lawyers of Juanito Jose Remulla III, the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla who was acquitted of illegal drug possession charges, dismisses claims that there is an 'irregularity' in the speed of his trial, which was resolved in 75 days.
Atty. Pearlito Campanilla tells #TheChiefs on Thursday, that the court simply followed the Supreme Court's guidelines on continuous trial for drug-related cases.
"We really believed that the prosecution [has] a very weak case, and that our client, is ang conviction lang namin, talagang he's really innocent. So, ginusto namin iyang continuous trial," Campanilla says.
Campanilla also explains why he thinks other accused waive their right to continuous trial.
"Iyong iba naman, talagang hindi naga-avail for one reason or another because siguro sabi nila mas beneficial kung patatagalin nila iyong kaso, that will give them more time to prepare, to gather more evidence, to prepare their witnesses," he adds.
According to the Supreme Court's revised guidelines for continuous trial of criminal cases, the trial period for drug charges shall be "finished not later than 60 days from filing of information", and that the decision should be made within "15 days from the submission of case for resolution".
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