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Salvador K. Moll vs Hon. Mamerto M. Buban, et al.

SALVADOR K. MOLL, petitioner, vs. HON. MAMERTO M. BUBAN, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Tabaco, Albay, Branch 18 and ATTY. NICETO N. VILLAMIN, Prosecutor II, Tabaco Albay, respondents.

G.R. No. 136974 | 2002-08-27

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.

The Case

In this special civil action for certiorari,[1] petitioner seeks to set aside the Orders dated December 10, 1998 and January 5, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Tabaco, Albay, Branch 18, issued in Criminal Case No. T-2685. Petitioner prays for the reinstatement of the Order dated November 12, 1998 of the trial court allowing petitioner to withdraw his first notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals and giving due course to his second notice of appeal directed to the Sandiganbayan.

The Antecedent Facts

The trial court rendered a Decision[2] on October 28, 1998 in People of the Philippines vs....