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Alex Combate vs. Geronimo R. San Jose, Jr.

ALEX COMBATE, petitioner, vs. THE HON. GERONIMO R. SAN JOSE, JR., Municipal Trial Judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Magarao-Canaman, Camarines Sur, respondent.

G.R. No. L-68566 | 1985-04-15

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari, filed with the assistance of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office (Naga City), petitioner-accused seeks to annul respondent Judge's Decision in Criminal Case No. 1915 of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Magarao-Canaman, Camarines Sur, convicting him of Theft, on the ground that it was rendered in violation of his constitutional rights.

The records disclose that petitioner was charged before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Magarao-Canaman, Camarines Sur, presided by respondent Judge, with the crime of Theft of "one (1) Rooster [Fighting Cock] color red,...