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Bayani Quinto, et al. vs. Onofre A. Villaluz

BAYANI QUINTO and DANILO ENRIQUEZ, petitioners, vs. HON. ONOFRE A. VILLALUZ, Presiding Judge, Circuit Criminal Court, Pasig, Rizal; and DISTRICT STATE PROSECUTOR CORNELIO M. MELENDRES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33757 | 1982-03-29

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

In this petition for certiorari, Bayani Quinto and Danilo Enriquez assail the authority of the Circuit Criminal Court of Pasig, Rizal, then presided by respondent Judge Onofre A. Villaluz (now Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals) to take cognizance of Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-838 on the ground that the Court of First Instance of Cavite had already exercised jurisdiction over the case.

The antecedent facts are not disputed. On June 15, 1971, one Lamberto Alcantara was slain inside the "Rosario Kiosk" at the poblacion of Rosario, Cavite. This incident led to the filing of two [2] separate criminal...