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PEOPLE vs. Raul H. Sesbreno

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ATTY. RAUL H. SESBRENO, accused-appellee.

G.R. No. L-62449 | 1984-07-16

R E S O L U T I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This appeal from an order quashing an information furnishes occasion to reiterate the ambits of the well-established doctrine of privileged communications. The appeal was certified to us by the Court of Appeals on a finding that it involves a pure question of law.

In an Information filed on March 4, 1981, the City Fiscal's Office of Cebu City accused Atty. Raul H. Sesbreno of the crime of libel based on alleged defamatory statements found in a pleading entitled "PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS OPPOSITION DATED MARCH 9TH" dated March 11, 1980 filed in Civil Case No. R-18181 entitled "HEIRS OF...