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Ligaya Santos vs Domingo Orda, Jr.

LIGAYA V. SANTOS, Petitioner, versus DOMINGO I. ORDA, JR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 158236 | 2004-09-01

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 72962 granting the petition for certiorari filed by Domingo I. Orda, Jr. and nullifying the Orders[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque City, Branch 258 dated July 5, 2002 and July 23, 2002 in People v. Ligaya V. Santos, et al., for murder, docketed as Criminal Cases Nos. 01-0921 and 01-0425.

The Antecedents

On January 17, 2001, Dale B. Orda, a college student and son of respondent, Assistant City Prosecutor of Manila Domingo Orda, Jr., was shot by a male person on a motorcycle at the...