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People vs. Judge Mariano Castaneda, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. MARIANO CASTANEDA, JR., Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, Branch III, VICENTE LEE TENG, PRISCILLA CASTILLO VDA. DE CURA and FRANCISCO VALENCIA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46881 | 1988-09-15

D E C I S I O N

FELICIANO, J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus, the People seek the annulment of the Orders of respondent Judge quashing criminal informations against the accused upon the grounds that: (a) accused Francisco Valencia was entitled to tax amnesty under Presidential Decree No. 370; and (b) that the dismissal of the criminal cases against accused Valencia inured to the benefit of his co-accused Vicente Lee Teng and Priscilla Castillo de Cura, and denying the People's Motion for Reconsideration of said Orders.

Sometime in 1971, two (2) informants submitted sworn information under Republic Act No. 2338 (entitled...