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Bustamante vs. Hon. Maceren, et al

DANILO BUSTAMANTE, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE JUDGE MAXIMO MACEREN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35101 | 1972-11-24

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

This suit for certiorari was filed with the avowed aim of correcting a judicial misstep presumably offensive to the constitutional right of petitioner not to be twice put in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. 1 While directed against respondent Judge, the source of the alleged deviation from what is commanded by the fundamental law could be traced to his predecessor, Judge Jorge Coquia, now with the Court of First Instance of Manila, to whom was imputed the reopening of a case against petitioner after a judgment of conviction on a plea of guilty, the issuance of a commitment order, the start of and...