The government has already prepared against Estrada an array of corruption charges, including plunder which is punishable by death if found guilty. In his March 20 appeal against the Supreme Court decision, the disgraced former movie action star maintained that he was illegally ousted. Estrada also strongly questioned the court's use of a published diary of his former chief aide Edgardo Angara in which he was interpreted to have effectively stepped down from office at the height of the popular uprising. The court does not allow a second motion for reconsideration, virtually making the decision final and executory. The court's final decision was handed down in the northern mountain resort town of Baguio, where the justices were holidaying amid public protests by leftist groups demanding Estrada's immediate arrest.
Plunder is a non-bailable offense which is theoretically punishable by death.