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People vs. Danny Godoy

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANNY GODOY, accused-appellant. JUDGE EUSTAQUIO Z. GACOTT, JR., * complainant, vs. MAURICIO REYNOSO, JR., and EVA PONCE DE LEON, respondents

G.R. No. 115908-09 | 1995-03-29

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J p:

For separate resolution, as an incident arising from these criminal cases under automatic review by the court, is a complaint 1 filed by Judge Eustaquio Z. Gacott, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City, Branch 47, to cite for indirect contempt Mauricio Reynoso, Jr., a columnist, and Eva P. Ponce de Leon, publisher and chairman of the editorial board, respectively, of the Palawan Times. His Honor's plaint is based on an article written by respondent Reynoso, Jr. in his column, "On the Beat," and published in the July 20, 1994 issue of said newspaper which is of general...