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CA upholds Makati court’s decision not to arrest Trillanes over coup d état case
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 9) Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has scored another win against the government after the Court of Appeals affirmed a 2018 ruling not to revive the coup d état case against him.
In a 67-page decision dated May 31 and released to the media on Wednesday, the CA upheld the verdict of Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 to junk the Department of Justice s petition to have Trillanes arrested.
The non-bailable coup d état charges against the ex-lawmaker were dismissed in September 2011 after he was granted amnesty by former President Benigno Aquino III.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the decision of a Makati City court denying the government's bid to put former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV behind bars over a previously dismissed coup d'etat case.