MANILA: The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has acquitted former Senator Leila de Lima in the last drug-related case filed against her by the Duterte administration.
Last March, her camp filed the demurrer to evidence to dismiss the third and last case against her.
Under the Rules on Criminal Procedure, a demurrer to evidence is a motion to dismiss due to insufficiency of evidence. A defendant cites that the evidence produced by the prosecution is insufficient to make out a case, whether true or not. Once granted, the case will be dismissed, and it is tantamount to an acquittal.
De Lima’s counsel, Boni Tacardon, said the Muntinlupa court has granted their demurrer to evidence, making her free from all the drug cases filed against her. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
