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PEOPLE vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS** (Third Division), JOSE V. PEREZ, AMADEA C. PEREZ, CIPRIANO LADINES and FLAVIA C. VALDENOR, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55533 | 1984-07-31

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari filed by petitioner People of the Philippines to set aside the decision of the then Court of Appeals, now Intermediate Appellate Court, 1 which affirmed the order issued by the then City Court of Lucena, Branch II, denying the prosecution's motion for the exclusion of Miguel Roncesvalles (co-accused of the private respondents herein named) from the information in Criminal Case No. 0399 so that he may testify therein as a state witness.

The amended information for violation of Section 22 of Republic Act No. 720, as amended, charged that Miguel Roncesvalles,...