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PEOPLE vs Tan, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus LUCIO C. TAN, FORTUNE TOBACCO CORPORATION, ANTONIO P. ABAYA, HARRY C. TAN, CARMEN KHAO TAN, FLORENCIO C. SANTOS, SALVADOR F. MISON, ROXAS CHUA, MARIANO TANENGLIAN and JUANITA TAN LEE (c/o Fortune Tobacco Corporation, Parang, Marikina City). TOWNSMAN COMMERCIAL, INC., WILLIAM YU, LETICIA LIM, GLORIA LOPEZ, ROBERT TANTAMPO, JOSE TIU, FELIPE LOY, LUIS SEE (c/o 4th Floor, Allied Bank Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City) LANDMARK SALES AND MARKETING INC., ROLANDO CHUA, HONORINA TAN, MILLIE TANTAMCO, HENRY WECHEE, JESUS LIM, TEODORO TAN, ANTONIO APOSTOL, DOMINGO TENG (c/o 4th Floor, Allied Bank Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City) CRIMSON CROKER DISTRI-BUTORS, INC., CANDELARIO LI, TEODORO TAN, ERLINDA CRUZ, CARLOS TUMPALAN, LARRY JOHN SY, ERNESTO ONG, WILFREDO MACROHON (4th Floor, Allied Bank Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City) DAGUPAN COMBINED COM-MODITIES, INC., NEMESIO TAN, QUINTIN CALALEJA, YOLAN-DA MANALILI, CARLOS CHAN, ROMEO TAN, JOHN UY, VICENTE CO (4th Floor, Allied Bank Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City) FIRST UNION TRADING CORPORATION, HENRY CHOA, LOPE LIM GUAN, EMILIO TAN, FELIPE TAN SHE CHUAN, ANDRES CO (4th Floor, Allied Bank Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City) CARLSBURG & SONS, INC., FELIPE KEE, HENRY GO CO, NARCISO GO, ADOLFO LIM, MAXIMO TAN, CO SHU, DANIEL YAO (c/o 112 Aguirre Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City) OMAR ALI DISTRIBUTORS, INC., GABRIEL QUIENTELLA, NELSON TE, EMILIO GO, EDWIN LEE, CESAR LEDESMA, JR., JAO CHEP SENG (c/o 112 Aguirre Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City ORIEL & CO., INC., FRANCISCO J. ORIEL, JR., BENJAMIN T. HONG, PHILIP P. JAO, JOSE P. YU and EDISON M. QUE (c/o 112 Aguirre Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City) MT. MATUTUM MARKETING CORPORATION, ANTONIO TIU, FELIPE LOY, ROSARIO LESTOR, WILFREDO ONG, ROLANDO CHUA, BONIFACIO CHUA, GO CHING CHUAN (4th Floor, Becogan Bldg., 112 Aguirre Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City), Respondents.

G.R. No. 144707 | 2004-07-13

DECISION



AZCUNA, J.:





This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court which seeks to set aside the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated August 29, 2000 in C.A.-G.R. SP No. 56077, which dismissed petitioner's appeal from the Orders of the Regional Trial Court of Marikina City, Branch 273 (RTC-Marikina) dated August 25, 1999[2] and October 13, 1999[3] in SCA Case No. 95-340-MK. RTC-Marikina dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by the Department of Justice Panel of State Prosecutors, for being filed out of time.

The petition for certiorari before the RTC sought to annul and set aside (a) the...