FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 243429. January 14, 2019.]
AL CAPARROS ARGOSINO, petitioner,vs. SANDIGANBAYAN [6TH DIV.] AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated January 14, 2019 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 243429 (Al Caparros Argosino v. Sandiganbayan [6th Div.] and People of the Philippines). — We resolve to DISMISS the petition.
As this is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, our review is limited to whether the Sandiganbayan gravely abused its discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in issuing its assailed Resolutions denying petitioner's application for bail. Our certiorari jurisdiction covers only errors of jurisdiction on the part of the Sandiganbayan, and not every error in the proceedings, or every erroneous conclusion of law or fact, constitutes grave abuse of discretion. Errors in the appreciation of the parties' evidence, including the conclusions anchored on these findings, are not correctible by the writ of certiorari. 1
Thus, petitioner bears the burden of showing that the Sandiganbayan's denial of his application for bail was capricious, whimsical, arbitrary, or despotic, so as to amount to grave abuse of discretion. 2
We find that petitioner failed to discharge this burden. First, his arguments in the petition are allegations of the Sandiganbayan's errors in appreciating the evidence of the prosecution which, again, is not proper in a petition for certiorari. Second, there is nothing in the records showing that the Sandiganbayan gravely abused its discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. We agree with the Sandiganbayan that the prosecution was able to prove that the evidence of petitioner's guilt is strong.
WHEREFORE, the Sandiganbayan's Resolutions dated August 30, 2018 and November 12, 2018 are AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) LIBRADA C. BUENADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Napoles v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 224162, November 7, 2017.
2.Id.