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Sales vs. Adapon etc.

AURORA A. SALES, PETITIONER, VS. BENJAMIN D. ADAPON, OFELIA C. ADAPON AND TEOFILO D. ADAPON, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 171420 | 2016-10-05

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
It is error to dismiss a criminal complaint for falsification if the records already contained sufficient evidence to establish probable cause to charge the respondents therewith on the basis alone that the complainant, already residing abroad, did not herself submit to the clarificatory hearing, and the investigating prosecutor did not state the matters that still required clarification.
 
The Case

In this appeal, the complainant for falsification appeals the adverse decision promulgated on October 19, 2005,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) annulled and set aside the resolution issued on...