The Court of Appeals (CA) has turned down an appeal filed by a former representative of Quezon City in connection with the charges for illegal possession of firearms filed by the Philippine National Police against him and several others who were supposedly members of the Magdalo group.

In an 11-page decision penned by Associate Justice Michael Elbinias and concurred in by Associate Justices Isaias Dicdican and Nina Antonio-Valenzuela, the CA’s 13th Division denied the petition for certiorari filed by lawyer Jose Christopher Belmonte which assailed the order of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City junking his motion to quash search warrant.

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