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Jose G. Garcia vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

JOSE G. GARCIA, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and ADELA TEODORA P. SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 119063 | 1997-01-27

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The issue here is whether the Court of Appeals committed reversible error in affirming the trial court's order granting the motion to quash the information for bigamy based on prescription.

On 28 August 1991, petitioner Jose G. Garcia filed with the (Quezon City Prosecutor's Office an "Affidavit of Complaint" 1 charging his wife, private respondent Adela Teodora P. Santos alias "Delia Santos," with Bigamy, Violation of C.A. No. 142, as amended by R.A. No. 6085, and Falsification of Public Documents. However, in his letter of 10 October 1991 to Assistant City Prosecutor George F. Cabanilla, the...