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San Agustin vs PEOPLE

ERNESTO J. SAN AGUSTIN, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 158211 | 2004-08-31

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





This is a petition for review on certiorari filed by Ernesto J. San Agustin of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 71925 dismissing his petition for certiorari.



The Antecedents



Luz Tan executed a notarized criminal complaint and filed the same with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) charging the petitioner, the
Barangay Chairman of Barangay La Huerta, Parañaque City, with serious illegal detention alleging that the petitioner detained her husband Vicente Tan, on June 19, 2002, without lawful ground therefor.[2]



On June 25, 2002, the petitioner...