Petitioner and his co accused were placed in custody

Petitioner and his co-accused were placed in
custody of the law. Petitioner was arraigned but
refused to enter a plea. So the court entered a
plea of not guilty. Is petitioner Jinggoy Estrada
entitled to bail as a matter of right?
Answer: The Court noted that the hearings on which
respondent court based its Resolution denying the
motion for bail involved the reception of medical
evidence only and which evidence was given 5 months
earlier in September 2001. The records do not show that
evidence on petitioner's guilt was presented before the
lower court. Thus, the Sandiganbayan was ordered to
conduct hearings to ascertain whether evidence of
petitioner's guilt is strong to determine whether to grant
bail to the latter. Jinggoy Estrada vs. Sandiganbayan.
 The Government of the USA, represented by the
Philippine DOJ, filed with the RTC, the Petition
for Extradition praying for the issuance of an
order for his “immediate arrest” pursuant to Sec.
6 of PD 1069 in order to prevent the flight of
Jimenez. Before the RTC could act on the
petition, Mr. Jimenez filed before it an “Urgent
Manifestation/Ex-Parte Motion” praying for his
application for an arrest warrant be set for
hearing. After the hearing, as required by the
court, Mr. Jimenez submitted his Memorandum.
Therein seeking an alternative prayer that in
case a warrant should issue, he be allowed to
post bail in the amount of P100 thousand. The
court ordered the issuance of a warrant for his
arrest and fixing bail for his temporary liberty at
P1 million in cash. After he had surrendered his
passport and posted the required cash bond,
Jimenez was granted provisional liberty. Did
Hon. Purganan act with grave abuse of
discretion in granting the prayer for bail?
Answer: Yes; bail bond posted is cancelled. The
constitutional provision on bail on Article III, Section 13
of the Constitution, as well as Section 4 of Rule 114 of
the Rules of Court, applies only when a person has been
arrested and detained for violation of Philippine criminal
laws. It does not apply to extradition proceedings,
because extradition courts do not render judgments of
conviction or acquittal. Moreover, the constitutional right
to bail “flows from the presumption of innocence in favor
of every accused who should not be subjected to the
loss of freedom as thereafter he would be entitled to
acquittal, unless his guilt be proved beyond reasonable
doubt. In extradition, the presumption of innocence is
not at issue. Gov’t of USA vs. Hon. Purganan.

 Petitioner was a member of the Board of
Trustees and legal counsel of Erap Muslim
Youth Foundation. He allegedly received, on
behalf of the said foundation, millions of pesos
coming from illegal activities. The Ombudsman
recommended the filing of a case against him
before the Sandiganbayan; a warrant for his
arrest was issued. Upon learning of the said
warrant he voluntarily surrendered to the PNP.