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Carlos A. Montilla Vs. Francisco Arellano 089 Phil 434

CARLOS A. MONTILLA, petitioner, vs. FRANCISCO ARELLANO, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, respondent.

G.R. No. L-3757 | 1951-07-12

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction.

It appears that an information having filed against Carlos M. Montilla for homicide, the case was set for March 15, 1950. When it was called, the Provincial Fiscal appeared but not the accused nor any attorney in his behalf. Upon motion of the prosecution, Honorable Francisco Arellano, the Judge presiding, ordered the defendant arrested and his bond confiscated. Immediately after that order was dictated, the accused appeared with his counsel, Attorney Remigio M. Peña who explained that he and his client had come from the town of Isabela...