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LENIDO LUMANOG, AUGUSTO SANTOS, SPO2 CESAR FORTUNA and RAMESES DE JESUS vs. HON. JAIME N. SALAZAR, JR., as Judge of RTC of Quezon City Branch 103, and PEOPLE

LENIDO LUMANOG, AUGUSTO SANTOS, SPO2 CESAR FORTUNA and RAMESES DE JESUS, petitioners, vs. HON. JAIME N. SALAZAR, JR., as Judge of RTC of Quezon City Branch 103, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 142065 | 2001-09-07

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to annul and set aside the Orders[1] dated January 25, 26 and 28, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 103, presided by respondent Judge Jaime N. Salazar, Jr., in Criminal Case No. Q-96-66684 for murder.

It appears that on June 13, 1996 at around 8:00 o'clock in the morning, retired Colonel Rolando N. Abadilla was killed in an ambush along Katipunan Avenue, Project 4, Quezon City. Police investigation of the slaying incident resulted in the arrest of herein petitioners Lenido L. Lumanog, SPO2 Cesar A....