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Tolledo, Jr. vs. People

DOROTEO TOLEDO, JR., petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and HON. RUPERTO KAPUNAN JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-36603 | 1978-09-30

D E C I S I O N

BARREDO, J:

Petition for certiorari against the ruling of respondent judge admitting as evidence for the prosecution in the criminal case against petitioner the transcript of the stenographic notes of the testimony of a witness given during the preliminary investigation of the same murder charge against petitioner in the fiscal's office on the ground that said witness could not despite several attempts be served with subpoena.

In Criminal Case No. 4825 of the Court of First Instance of Manila, a case of murder, in which the petitioner is the accused, to close the evidence for the prosecution, the fiscal offered as...