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Simplicio Palanca vs. Hon. Jose R. Querubin, Et Al

SIMPLICIO PALANCA, petitioner, vs. HON. JOSE R. QUERUBIN, HON. NESTOR ALAMPAY, HON. CESAR KINTANAR. and HON. JOSE FERNANDEZ, presiding judges of branches II, III, IV and V, respectively of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental, and RAYMUNDO RALLOS, First Assistant City Fiscal of Bacolod City, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-29510-31 | 1969-11-29

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Petitioner Simplicio Palanca is indicted before the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental in 22 separate criminal cases, all involving estafa thru falsification of public documents. 1 These cases were spread by raffle amongst four district judges of the different branches of the court, viz: 

Branch II - Hon. Judge Jose Querubin: Criminal Cases Nos. 9245, 9330, 9337, 9341. 

Branch III - Hon. Judge Nestor Alampay: Criminal Cases Nos. 9336, 9338, 9340, 9342, 9343, 9346. 

Branch IV - Hon. Judge Cesar Kintanar: Criminal Cases Nos. 9329, 9331, 9335, 9339, 9345. 

Branch V - Hon. Judge...