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PEOPLE Vs. Bonifacio Sanz Maceda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HON. BONIFACIO SANZ MACEDA, Presiding Judge of Branch 12, Regional Trial Court of Antique, and AVELINO T. JAVELLANA, respondents.

G.R. No. 89591-96 | 1990-08-13

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

In the morning of 11 February 1986, the late ex-Governor of Antique, Evelio Javier, was gunned down in the plaza of San Jose, Antique.

Immediately thereafter, the authorities conducted an investigation, and as a result thereof, a complaint against John Paloy and Vicente Vegafria was filed with the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor.

During the preliminary investigation, private respondent Avelino T. Javellana appeared as counsel for John Paloy and Vicente Vegafria, until Federico Carluto, Jr., executed an affidavit, 1 dated 16 June 1986, and Evelyn Magare and Fritz Xavier their sworn statements, 2 dated...