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Salcedo vs. Suarez

NARCISO D. SALCEDO as PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF CAVITE, petitioner, vs. HON. PABLO D. SUAREZ as DISTRICT JUDGE OF CAVITE, respondent.

G.R. Nos. L-46103-12 | 1977-10-28

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court sets aside the contempt orders and fines imposed by respondent judge against petitioner fiscal on the ground that petitioner fiscal did not act improperly and with contempt of respondent judge's court in filing the informations in the ten cases in question with the Circuit Criminal Court of the 7th Judicial District since they fell within the concurrent criminal jurisdiction of said Circuit Criminal Court and the Court of First Instance presided by respondent judge.

Upon preliminary investigations having been conducted by municipal judges of several towns in Cavite province of criminal offenses...