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Siquian vs. People

MANUEL L. SIQUIAN, petitioners, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 82197 | 1989-03-13

D E C I S I O N

CORTES, J.:

The information charging petitioner Manuel L. Siquian, the then municipal mayor of Angdanan, Isabela, of the crime of falsification of public document under Art. 171, p. 4 of the Revised Penal Code filed by Second Assistant Provincial Fiscal before Branch XX of the Regional Trial Court of Cauayan, Isabela reads as follows:

That on or about the 1st day of July, 1975, in the Municipality of Angadanan, Province of Isabela, and within the preliminary jurisdiction of this Honorable court, the accused Manuel L. Siquian, being then the Municipal Mayor of Angadanan, Isabela, taking advantage of his position as such...