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PEOPLE Vs. Jose S. Rodriguez, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. JOSE S. RODRIGUEZ, NICASIO YATCO and ANDRES O. REYES, as Associate Justices of the court of Appeals and members of a composite Special Division of Five Justices, with Justices SALVADOR V. ESGUERRA and JOSE S. MENDOZA, and CESAR DEAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3265 | 1992-09-01

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

The People filed this petition for certiorari to annul the resolution dated September 22, 1970 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 07797-CR which granted the third motion for reconsideration of private respondent Cesar Dean and acquitted him of the crime of homicide, on the ground that respondent court (1) acted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in acting upon said motion for reconsideration; and (2) acted without jurisdiction or in excess of jurisdiction or with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of jurisdiction for its failure to require petitioner to...