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I. FACTS
Facts are the brief story of the case. You should write what happened in the case, who are the petitioner
and the respondents, what is the decision of the Court of Appeals and Lower Courts. Facts should be brief
as possible. A digest is a summary of the full text and not another copy of the full text.
II. ISSUE
Issue for me, always starts with WHETHER OR NOT followed by the issue that is related to your topic. For
example, the topic is warrant of arrest and the issue in the case is the validity of the warrant, then your
issue should be, WHETHER OR NOT the warrant is valid.
III. RULING/HELD
This is the decision of the SUPREME COURT. I repeat, this is the DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT not
the ruling of any lower court regarding the issue you raised in your issue portion. So, The ISSUE is the
question, the RULING is the answer. You can use Ruling or Held, whatever is comfortable for you. The
point is, you or other people should see the decision of the court whether it is granted or dismissed and
the rationale for such decision. Decision should answer the issue as i said earlier, if you put a decision that
does not answer your issue then you have a problem discussing the case.
CASE
THIRD DIVISION
DECISION
SO ORDERED.12 cЃa
WHETHER
cralaw THE DECISION OF THE
SANDIGANBAYAN PROMULGATED ON
OCTOBER 13, 2006 IS CONTRARY TO LAW
BECAUSE PETITIONER-ACCUSED ENGR.
RICARDO L. SANTILLANO IS A PRIVATE
PERSON AND NOT A PUBLIC OFFICER
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SO ORDERED.
WE CONCUR:
RENATO C. CORONA
Associate Justice
Chairperson
ARTURO D. LUCAS P.
BRION* BERSAMIN**
Associate Justice Associate Justice
RENATO C. CORONA
Associate Justice
Chairperson
CERTIFICATION
REYNATO S. PUNO
Chief Justice