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P.P vs. Nazareno

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES (in substitution for Municipal Judge Julian B. Pogoy of Cordova, Cebu), petitioner, vs. HON. RAMON E. NAZARENO, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, Lapulapu City, Branch XVI, MANUEL R. TIRO, CARLOS POTOT, and ROGELI

G.R. No. L-40037 | 1976-04-30

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

The legal issue in this case is whether the theft of two goats valued at one hundred fifty pesos is qualified theft falling within the concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal court and the Court of First Instance.

On June 22, 1974 Manuel R. Tiro, Carlos Potot and Rogelio Inoc, with three other persons, were charged with qualified theft by the chief of police in the municipal court of Cordova, Cebu for having allegedly stolen two female goats valued at one hundred fifty pesos belonging to Hilario Adoza (Criminal Case No. R-424).

Four of the accused assailed the municipal court's jurisdiction on the ground...