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People vs. Union Kayanan, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellants, vs. HON. UNION KAYANAN and HON. ENRIQUE AGANA, Judges of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, and PELAGIO ORGANO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-30355 | 1978-05-31

D E C I S I O N

BARREDO, J:

Petition for certiorari seeking the annulment and setting aside of a decision in a case of murder in which respondent Judge Union Kayanan is alleged to have allowed the accused to enter a plea of guilty to the lower offense of homicide even after the prosecution had already rested and the defense had started presenting evidence, and even to be credited with the mitigating circumstances of voluntary surrender and incomplete self-defense, without requiring said circumstances to be proven by proper evidence. Respondent Judge Enrique Agana is being faulted for having denied the prosecution's motion for...