In the resolution, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 228 denied Parojinog’s demurrer to evidence for lack of merit.A demurrer to evidence is a pleading seeking the dismissal of a case based on the insufficiency of the prosecution’s evidence.
The court said the prosecution has presented sufficient evidence to substantiate the charge that would require Parojinog to counter the allegations with her own pieces of evidence. The court added the prosecution has also presented a video that showed the search warrant being read to Parojinog. “Time and again, the Supreme Court has applied the presumption that the policemen performed their official duties regularly, and in order to overcome this presumption, the accused must show that there was bad faith or improper motive on the part of the policemen, or that the confiscated items were tampered ,” the resolution noted.