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People of the Philippines vs Court of First Instance (CFI) of Rizal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF RIZAL, BRANCH IX, QUEZON CITY, presided by HON. ULPIANO SARMIENTO, JESSIE HOPE and MONINA MEDINA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41686 | 1980-11-17

D E C I S I O N 

GUERRERO, J p: 

This original petition for certiorari seeks to nullify the Order dated August 20, 1975 issued by District Judge Ulpiano Sarmiento in Criminal Case No. Q-3781 which stalled the prosecution of respondents Sgt. Jessie C. Hope and Monina Medina for the alleged violation of section 3601 1 of the Tariff and Customs Code. The order declared as inadmissible in evidence the allegedly smuggled articles obtained by apprehending agents in the course of a warrantless search and seizure. Dispositively, the order decreed: 

"WHEREFORE in accordance with Article IV, Sec. 4, paragraph 2 of the present...