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Juanito Manzano vs. MTC Judge Valera and Vilma Bobila

JUANITO MANZANO, petitioner, vs. HON. REDENTOR VALERA, Judge, Municipal Trial Court of Bangued, Abra, and VILMA A. BOBILA, respondents.

G.R. No. 122068 | 1998-07-08

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J:

At issue in this petition for certiorari and prohibition with temporary restraining order is the jurisdiction of the municipal trial court in a case for criminal libel. It seeks to enjoin respondent Judge of the MTC in Bangued, Abra from further proceeding with Criminal Case No. 5728, for alleged lack of jurisdiction. Petitioner further prays for the nullification of the Order dated August 2, 1995 1 issued by the respondent Judge and the subsequent Order dated August 30, 1995 2 denying petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On June 2, 1994, a criminal complaint for libel...