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The Supreme Court invalidates the drug-law plea-bargaining ban
In Estipona v Lobrigo, the Court held that Republic Act 9165's absolute ban on plea bargaining intruded on its constitutional rule-making power. A 2018 court framework then specified which lesser pleas judges may approve in drug cases.
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