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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Court junks 'JI man's' plea on jail term penalty (8:40 p.m.)
MANILA –- The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied for lack of merit a petition of a captured Indonesian national alleged to be a member of the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) seeking to overturn a Pasay court decision that sentenced him to 17 years imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
The CA 13th Division chaired by Associate Justice Edgardo Cruz declared final and executory the ruling of the late Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Henrick Gingoyon who ordered the entry of judgment of the case against petitioner Agnus Dwikarna.
The appellate court concurred with Gingoyon's December 19, 2002 ruling that Dwikarna has forfeited his right to appeal his case for failure to file a notice of appeal within 15-day reglementary period from the promulgation of judgment.
"We have reviewed the records of the case and find that respondent judge correctly denied petitioner's motion to reconsider the entry of judgment because the RTC decision had already attained finality," the CA said. (ECV/Sunnex)
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