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People. Vs. Alfredo Catolico, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. ALFREDO CATOLICO, DISTRICT JUDGE, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAVITE, BRANCH III, TIBURCIO SANTERO, and EPIFANIA ILANO, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-31261-2-3-4-5 | 1971-04-20

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Original action of certiorari to declare null and void the order of respondent judge dismissing five criminal cases of estafa against private respondents 1 on the ground that he could no longer continue trying the cases nor adjudicate them since the interested parties failed to secure a written authority from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court authorizing the adjournment of the trial thereof beyond the three-month period provided in Rule 22, section 3 of the Revised Rules of Court.

The undisputed facts, as recited in the petition, show that the five criminal cases were filed on July 5, 1966 with Branch...