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PEOPLE v. OMAR MAPALAO

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	GR Nos. 183152-54 2015-01-21	REYNALDO H. JAYLO v. SANDIGANBAYAN SERENO, C.J.
The reason is simple. When the accused on bail fail to present themselves at the promulgation of a judgment of conviction, they are considered to have lost their standing in court.[47] Without any standing in court, the accused cannot invoke its jurisdiction to seek relief.[48]
	GR No. 167710 2009-06-05	PEOPLE v. JOVEN DE GRANO PERALTA, J.
The RTC clearly exceeded its jurisdiction when it entertained the joint Motion for Reconsideration with respect to the respondents who were at large. It should have considered the joint motion as a motion for reconsideration that was solely filed by Estanislao. Being at large, Joven and Domingo have not regained their standing in court. Once an accused jumps bail or flees to a foreign country, or escapes from prison or confinement, he loses his standing in court; and unless he surrenders or submits to the jurisdiction of the court, he is deemed to have waived any right to seek relief from the court.[63]
	GR NO. 157331 2006-04-12	ARNOLD ALVA v. CA CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
By virtue of the second paragraph of the abovequoted provision, the act of jumping bail, among otherthings, will result in the outright dismissal of petitioner's appeal. As pointed out by the Court in the case of People v. Mapalao,[39]the reason for said rule is that:[O]nce an accused escapes from prison or confinement or jumps bail or flees to a foreign country, he losses his standing in court and unless he surrenders or submits to the jurisdiction of the court he is deemed to have waived any right to seek relief from the court.
	GR NO. 162371 2005-08-25	MARY HELEN ESTRADA v. PEOPLE AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.
Moreover, in the earlier case of People vs. Magpalao[9], the Court already ruled that:. . . once an accused escapes from prison or confinement or jumps bail or flees to a foreign country, he loses his standing in court and unless he surrenders or submits to the jurisdiction of the court he is deemed to have waived any right to seek relief from the court.[10]