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Jimmy Ang vs Eleanor R. Lucero, et al

JIMMY ANG, Petitioner, versus ELEANOR R. LUCERO, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, and THE CITY PROSECUTOR OF MAKATI CITY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 143169 | 2005-01-21



FIRST DIVISION
DECISION

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This petition for review[1] assails the 29 October 1999 Decision[2] and 25 April 2000 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 44778.  The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by petitioner Jimmy Ang and affirmed the Resolutions issued by former Secretary of Justice Teofisto T. Guingona, Jr.

The Antecedents

The present controversy stemmed from a criminal complaint for estafa through falsification of public documents filed by respondent Eleanor Lucero (“Lucero”) against petitioner Jimmy Ang (“Ang”) before the City Prosecution Office of Makati (“CPO Makati”).

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