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De La Camara vs. Manuel Lopez Enage

RICARDO DE LA CAMARA, petitioner, vs. HON. MANUEL LOPEZ ENAGE, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Agusan del Norte and Butuan City (Branch II), respondents.

G.R. No. L-32951-2 | 1971-09-17

R E S O L U T I O N


FERNANDO, J:

An order of respondent Judge Manuel Lopez Enage, fixing the bail of petitioner, Ricardo de la Camara, in the sum of P1,195,200.00 is assailed in this petition for certiorari as repugnant to the constitutional mandate prohibiting excessive bail. 1 The merit of the petition on its face is thus apparent. Nonetheless, the relief sought setting aside the above order by reducing the amount of bail to P40,000.00 cannot be granted, as in the meanwhile, petitioner had escaped from the provincial jail, thus rendering this case moot and academic. It is deemed advisable, however, for the guidance of lower court...