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People vs. Zosa

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SEGUNDO M. ZOSA, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Samar, JUSTINA SALAZAR LAPIDARIO, TOMAS MACASIL, SR., and SANTOS MACASIL, SR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-41672 | 1977-03-30

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Certiorari to annul the Order of respondent Judge of the Court of First Instance of Samar, reversing the judgment of conviction rendered by the Municipal Court of Daram, Samar in Criminal Case No. 3093. The petition is premised upon the following facts:

On September 22, 1974, Justina Salazar Lapidario. Tomas Macasil, Sr. and Santos Macasil, Sr., private respondents, were convicted of the crime of grave coercion by the Municipal Court of Daram, Samar. The judgment of conviction was appealed to the Court of First Instance of Samar, Branch I, presided over by the Honorable Segundo M. Zosa, and the appeal was docketed...