Practice question
In Cabarios, the Court treated the petition as an ordinary appeal. Counsel says the Court was necessarily barred from considering questions of fact merely because the petition originally came in a narrower form. Which reflects the decision?
- No review of conviction occurred
- All factual review was categorically prohibited
- Only the caption could be examined
- The petition was automatically dismissed
- The ordinary-appeal treatment opened the case for factual review
Legal references
- Cabarios v. People, GR228097-103 and228139-41, September29,2021, application of2018 Sandiganbayan rules: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/sep2021/gr_228097-103_2021.html
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