In 2017, three illegal drug trading cases were filed against former senator Leila de Lima in three branches of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Muntinlupa. Charged with capital offenses, the former solon was detained without bail. In two of the cases, she was acquitted. The prosecutors challenged the second acquittal through a motion for reconsideration (MR) (which I discussed last June 5). In the third case, the RTC denied her motion for bail (which I discussed last June 12). To reverse this denial, De Lima filed her own MR.

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