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People vs. Judge Castaneda, Jr. and Manaloto

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. MARIANO C. CASTAÑEDA, JR., as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, Branch III, and BENJAMIN F. MANALOTO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-46306 | 1979-02-27

SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

SANTOS, J.:
 
On the basis of the complaint 1 of his wife, Victoria M. Manaloto, herein private respondent Benjamin Manaloto was charged before the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, presided by respondent Judge, Hon. Mariano C. Castaneda Jr., with the crime of Falsification of Public Document committed, according to the Information, as follows:
 
That on or about the 19th day of May, 1975, in the Municipality of San Fernando, province of Pampanga, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named a BENJAMIN F. MANALOTO, with deliberate intent to commit falsification, did then...