QUI V PEOPLE FACTS: Qui was convicted for violating RA7610 (anti child abuse)and sentenced to imprisonment for

an indeterminate penalty of 5 years, 4 months and 21 days of prision correccional in its maximum period, as minimum, to 7 years, 4 months and 1 day of prision mayor in its minimum period, as maximum. The OSG urged for the denial of the bail application on the ground of propensity to evade the law and that she is a flight-risk, considering that she failed to attend several hearings before the RTC. The CA denied the application for bail. ISSUE: WON QUI MUST BE GRANTED BAIL. HELD: Sec. 5 of Rule 114, Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure provides that upon conviction by the RTC of an offense not punishable by death, reclusion perpetua, or life imprisonment, admission to bail, pending appeal, is discretionary. If the penalty imposed is imprisonment exceeding 6 years, the accused shall be denied bail if the prosecution shows that: (d) the circumstances of his case indicate the probability of flight if released on bail. The OSG showed Quis propensity to evade the law when she failed to attend the hearings before the RTC, telling a lie that her father was hospitalized and died when in fact a death certificate shows that her father died a year ago. Also her transferring residence without informing her bondsman and the trial court indicates flight, her intention to evade court appearance. After one is convicted by the trial court, the presumption of innocence, and with it, the constitutional right to bail, ends.