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PEOPLE vs. Rogelio Laba, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO LABA, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-28022 | 1969-07-30

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J.: 

This appeal from the decision in criminal case 3422 of the city court of Cotabato was certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals per its resolution of July 27, 1967, involving as it does a single question of law, to wit: "The lower court erred in not finding that it has no jurisdiction to try and decide the case." 

There is no dispute as to the material facts. The appellants Rogelio Laba and Precioso Laba were charged in the city court of Cotabato with the crime of theft under articles 308 and 309 of the Revised Penal Code, in an amended information which recites "That on or about May 23,...