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PEOPLE vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and LUCIANO TAN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62881 | 1983-08-30

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In an Amended Information dated 10 February 1977, Ngo Sin, Luciano Tan, and three others were charged with the crime of Theft of 300 pieces of second-hand rail valued at P243,750.00, belonging to the Philippine National Railways, before the then Court of First Instance of Laguna and San Pablo City, Branch III (Criminal Case No. 719-SP).

On 10 July 1981, after the prosecution had already presented one witness, upon motion of the prosecution, and after the parties were duly heard, the Trial Court ordered the discharge from the Information of Ngo Sin to be utilized as a State witness after satisfying...