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Nurullaje Sayre y Malampad @ "Inol" vs. Xenos etc. [DECISION]

NURULLAJE SAYRE Y MALAMPAD @ "INOL", PETITIONER, VS. HON. DAX GONZAGA XENOS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF PANABO CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE, BRANCH 34; HON. MENARDO I. GUEVARRA, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 244413 & 244415-16 | 2020-02-18

D E C I S I O N
 
CARANDANG, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Order[2] dated December 6, 2018 of public respondent Hon. Dax Gonzaga Xenos (Presiding Judge Xenos), Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Branch 34, in Crim. Case Nos. CRC 416-2017, 417-2017, and 418-2017, the dispositive portion of which reads:
 
WHEREFORE, the Motion to Plea Bargain is DENIED. Set the pretrial to 31 January 2018 [sic] at 1:00 p.m.
 
SO ORDERED.[3] (Italics and underscoring in the original.)
 
In an Order[4] dated January 23,...