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MELO, J.:
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The MeTC, in fact, found that there was a prima facie case
against petitioners on the basis of the documents submitted
by the prosecution, stating:
The Court noted from the documentary evidence on record that the
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(119 SCRA 162) that it has been the long settled rule that certiorari
does not lie to challenge the trial courtÊs interlocutory order denying
the accusedÊs motion to dismiss. „The appellate courts will not
review in such special civil action the prosecutionÊs evidence and
decide in advance that such evidence has or has not yet established
the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. The orderly
procedure prescribed by the Rules of Court is for the accused to
present his evidence after which the trial court, on its own
assessment of the evidence submitted by both the prosecution and
defense, will then properly render its judgment of acquittal or
conviction. If the verdict is one of acquittal, the case ends there. But
if it is one of conviction, then appeal is the proper recourse (Cruz v.
People, supra).
(pp. 64-65, Rollo.)
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