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Bautista, Juan vs. City Fiscal of Dagupan, et al.

JUAN BAUTISTA, petitioner, vs. CITY FISCAL OF DAGUPAN and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-59830 | 1984-07-31

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Petitioner Juan Bautista and one Nenita Marquez filed with the Office of the City Fiscal of Dagupan a complaint against Conchita Estrada, Avelina Baniqued and Federico Bautista, for estafa thru falsification of public document. After conducting the preliminary investigation, Assistant Fiscal Dominador M. Manaois dismissed the complaint for lack of prima facie evidence to support the indictment.

Petitioner Juan Bautista did not move for the reconsideration of the fiscal's resolution; neither did he appeal therefrom to the Ministry of Justice. Instead, Mr. Bautista filed a new complaint with the City Court of...