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Noel Villanueva vs. People 487 SCRA 42

NOEL VILLANUEVA, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and YOLANDA CASTRO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160351 | 2006-04-10

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
 
This is no ordinary word war story. Here, the Councilor and Vice-Mayor of a town, both holders of exalted government positions, became slaves to their human limitations and engaged in a verbal scuffle at the municipal hall as if they were ordinary men in the streets. A moment of unguarded emotional outburst lead to the long-drawn out twists and turns of this case, which should have been avoided if only they have imbedded in their complex emotions, habits and convictions that consciousness to regulate these deflecting forces and not to let them loose, either to their own...