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HENRY ONG LAY HIN, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS (2ND DIVISION), HON. GABRIEL T. INGLES, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC BRANCH 58, CEBU CITY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

HENRY ONG LAY HIN, PETITIONER, VS. COURT OF APPEALS (2ND DIVISION), HON. GABRIEL T. INGLES, AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF RTC BRANCH 58, CEBU CITY, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 191972 | 2015-01-26

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Hiring legal counsel does not relieve litigants of their duty to “monitor the status of [their] case[s],”[1] especially if their cases are taking an “unreasonably long time”[2] to be resolved.
 
This is a Petition[3] for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus with application for preliminary and/or mandatory injunction to set aside the Court of Appeals’ Entry of Judgment[4] in CA-G.R. CR No. 24368, and the Regional Trial Court, Branch 58, Cebu City’s Order[5] dated March 25, 2004 and Order of Detention[6] dated February 15, 2010 in Criminal...