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People vs. Ruiz, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, vs. HON. G. JESUS B. RUIZ, Presiding Judge, Branch I, Court of First Instance, First Judicial District, Tuguegarao, Cagayan and RODRIGO MAMANAO y BATTUNG, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43672 | 1978-01-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

To state the question raised in this mandamus proceeding is to render evident why the Comment of Solicitor General Mendoza 1 was quite emphatic as to its being devoid of support in law. The prosecution in a criminal case for homicide, apparently dissatisfied with the decision of respondent Judge Jesus B. Ruiz of the Court of First Instance of the First Judicial District stationed in Tuguegarao, Cagayan convicting private respondent Rodrigo Mamanao of homicide but finding him entitled to the benefits of incomplete self-defense, there being unlawful aggression from the victim and no provocation on his part,...