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Valentin vs. Santa Maria [DECISION]

LORENzO G. VALENTIN, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE ANDRES SANTA MARIA, Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, Branch II; YOLANDA MATIAS, being represented by JOSE ARCILLAS, and LEOPOLDO C. PALAD, Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff of Bulacan, respondents.

G.R. No. L-30158 | 1974-01-17

 
D E C I S I O N
 
FERNANDO, J.:
 
The invocation of People vs. Soria,[1] promulgated in 1968, did suffice for this Court to entertain this certiorari and mandamus proceeding filed on February 10, 1969.  It was the ruling therein that a judge who had qualified and assumed office in one district could not thereafter validly issue an order of dismissal in a criminal case formerly heard by him while holding such office in another.  In this suit, petitioner's contention that the decision of December 20, 1963 of the then Judge Samuel F. Reyes at a time he had already qualified and assumed office in the...