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People. Vs. Adelo Abejuela

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ADELO ABEJUELA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-29715 /G.R. No. L-29833 | 1971-03-31

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

This joint decision is rendered on an identical question of law on two separate appeals by the State from the dismissal orders issued by the city court of Cagayan de Oro in two criminal cases, on the common ground that the accused therein were not granted a preliminary investigation.

The Court is called upon to decide whether in the prosecution before the city courts of offenses falling within the concurrent jurisdiction of city courts and he courts of first instance, the accused is entitled to be heard in s preliminary investigation conducted by the city fiscal or his assistants, before the filing of the...