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Nazareno vs. Barnes [DECISION]

HIDULFO D. NAZARENO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE ROQUE M. BARNES, Judge, Court of First Instance of Baganga, Davao Oriental, respondent.

G.R. No. L-59072 | 1985-04-25

D E C I S I O N
 
CUEVAS, J.:
 
This CERTIORARI case arose from a contempt proceeding conducted by the Honorable respondent Judge against the herein petitioner captioned "In Re:  Contempt Proceedings vs. Hidulfo D. Nazareno, accused" — Criminal Case No. 436 for "Indirect Contempt of Court and Judge of the Court of First Instance", resulting in the issuance of the challenged Order finding petitioner GUILTY of indirect contempt and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment of six (6) months and to pay a fine of One Thousand (P1,000.00) Pesos.[1]

The aforesaid contempt case was brought about by a...