De Lima asks Court of Appeals to bar convicts from testifying against herMANILA, Philippines — Detained Sen. Leila De Lima has taken her legal battle to exclude convicts from the list of witnesses in her drug case to the Court of Appeals. According to the Supreme Court, crimes of moral turpitude include robbery, murder, homicide, extortion and violations of the Dangerous Drugs Act. But Guevarra said last November 7 that to his knowledge, “no convicted person has been used as a state witness under Rule 119 against Sen. De Lima.”He cited the Rules of Court in defining a state witness. But De Lima argued before the CA that under the Witness Protection Security and Benefits Program, the DOJ can turn them into state witnesses. 17, Rule 119 because they were already excluded from the information as state witnesses by the DOJ itself pursuant to sec.

Source: Philippine Star November 26, 2018 06:45 UTC