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2014-09-29 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| Petitioner's underlying theory is that the subject casino chips were in fact stolen by its employee Cabrera, then handed over to respondent's brothers, Ludwin and Deoven, for encashment at the casino; that Ludwin and Deoven played at the casino only for show and to conceal their true intention, which is to encash the chips; that respondent's claim that he owned the chips, as they were given to him in payment of services he rendered to a Chinese client, is false. These arguments require the Court to examine in greater detail the facts involved. However, this may not be done because the Court is not a trier of facts and does not normally undertake the re-examination of the evidence presented during trial; the resolution of factual issues is the function of lower courts, whose findings thereon are received with respect and are binding on the Court subject only to specific exceptions.[21] In turn, the factual findings of the Court of Appeals carry even more weight when they are identical to those of the trial court's.[22] | |||||
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2011-09-21 |
BERSAMIN, J. |
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| Section 1, Rule 45 of the Rules of Court explicitly states that the petition for review on certiorari "shall raise only questions of law, which must be distinctly set forth." In appeal by certiorari, therefore, only questions of law may be raised, because the Supreme Court is not a trier of facts and does not normally undertake the re-examination of the evidence presented by the contending parties during the trial. The resolution of factual issues is the function of lower courts, whose findings thereon are received with respect and are binding on the Supreme Court subject to certain exceptions.[11] A question, to be one of law, must not involve an examination of the probative value of the evidence presented by the litigants or any of them. There is a question of law in a given case when the doubt or difference arises as to what the law is on certain state of facts; there is a question of fact when the doubt or difference arises as to the truth or falsehood of alleged facts.[12] | |||||
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2010-03-09 |
CORONA, J. |
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| This Court is not a trier of facts. The resolution of factual issues is a function exercised by lower courts, whose findings on these matters are received with respect and are in fact binding on the Court except only where it is shown that the case falls under the accepted exceptions.[10] Petitioner failed to establish that his case falls under those exceptions. Hence, we have no other option but to uphold the Sandiganbayan's factual findings. | |||||