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Los Banos vs. Pedro

ARIEL M. LOS BANOS, on behalf of P/Supt. Victor Arevalo, SPO2 Marcial Olympia, SPO1 Rocky Mercene and PO1 Raul Adlawan, and in his personal capacity, Petitioner, versus JOEL R. PEDRO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173588 | 2009-04-22

DECISION

BRION, J.

We review in this petition for review on certiorari[1] the September 19, 2005 decision[2] and the July 6, 2006 resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 80223. The petition seeks to revive the case against respondent Joel R. Pedro (Pedro) for election gun ban violation after the CA declared the case permanently dismissed pursuant to Section 8, Rule 117 of the Rules of Court.

THE ANTECEDENTS

Pedro was charged in court for carrying a loaded firearm without the required written authorization from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) a day before the May 14, 2001 national and local elections. The Information...