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Victor C. Agustin vs. Honorable Fernando Vil Pamintuan, et al.

VICTOR C. AGUSTIN, Petitioner, versus HON. FERNANDO VIL PAMINTUAN, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, Branch 3; ANTHONY DE LEON and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164938 | 2005-08-22

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' (CA) Decision[1] in CA-G.R. SP No. 70629 dismissing the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by petitioner Victor C. Agustin which, in turn, assailed the Order of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Baguio City, Branch 3, denying the motion to quash the Informations in Criminal Case Nos. 17892-R to 17895-R, for libel. 

On June 13, 2000, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Baguio City, filed four separate Informations[2] charging the petitioner, a Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist, with...