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Umale vs. Villaluz, et al.

LEON UMALE, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE ONOFRE VILLALUZ, HONORABLE BENJAMIN AQUINO, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, EDUARDO FELICIANO, ANTONIO DAVID, CECILIO CHICO, BENJAMIN ESCANDOR, ROLANDO SAMSON, and ALFONSO CO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33508 | 1973-05-25

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

Petitioner Leon Umale impugns the validity of the order dated April 15, 1971 of respondent Judge Onofre A. Villaluz of the Circuit Criminal Court sitting at Pasig, Rizal, disqualifying or inhibiting himself from trying the robbery charge against sixteen (16) accused including the six (6) herein private respondents Eduardo Feliciano, Antonio David, Virgilio Chico, Benjamin Escandor, Rolando Samson, and Alfonso Co, entitled "People vs. Marina Geronimo, et al." and docketed as CCC-VII-660-Rizal.

Petitioner Leon Umale is the complainant in the said robbery case, the robbery having been allegedly committed on...