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Galvez vs. CA, et al.

JOSE T. GALVEZ, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22760 | 1971-11-29

D E C I S I O N


CASTRO, J:

The petitioner Jose T. Galvez was indicted for the crime of estafa before the Pasay City branch of the Court of First Instance of Rizal; upon arraignment on January 26, 1960, he pleaded not guilty. The trial of the case was a protracted one, spanning a period of more than two years, interspersed by several postponements granted at the behest of both the Government and the defense. It was not until February 6, 1962 that the prosecution's case came to a close with the presentation of its last three witnesses. The defense forthwith requested the trial court for two weeks' time within which to ready its own case,...