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People vs. Mencias, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. EULOGIO MENCIAS, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, EDILBERTO M. RAMOS, PEDRO S. BITANGA, PACIANO CAPALONGAN, JUAN J. CLARAVALL, FELIMON LACSI, CLAUDIO V. ABON, QUINTIN C. BARDILLAS, VICTORINO B.

G.R. No. L-23572-76 | 1972-07-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

What is assailed by petitioner in these proceedings for certiorari and mandamus is an order of the then respondent Judge, now deceased, sustaining a motion to quash ostensibly because of the disregard of the constitutional rights of private respondents, all thirty-five of them, to the protection against being twice put in jeopardy 1 and to be informed of the nature and cause of accusation. 2 Rightly, the attention of this Tribunal is invited by petitioner to the rather inexplicable behavior of the lower court of dismissing five separate criminal informations, 3 two of which were not even docketed in its sala...