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PEOPLE vs. Diego Villanueva

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. DIEGO VILLANUEVA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-18769 | 1966-05-27

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

On May 14, 1957 Diego Villanueva, being then employed as Chief of the City Delivery Section of the Cebu City Post Office, was accused before the municipal court of Cebu City of having committed the crime of infidelity in the custody of documents. 1 Waiving his right to a preliminary investigation, Villanueva asked that the case be forwarded to the Court of First Instance of Cebu. An information was subsequently filed in the Court of First Instance of Cebu charging Villanueva of the same offense that he was charged before the municipal court of Cebu City, and, upon being arraigned, he pleaded not...