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Silvestre Caniza vs. PEOPLE.

SILVESTRE CA?IZA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and HON. JAIME AGLORO, Presiding Judge, Branch XXIII, Court of First Instance of Manila, respondents.

G.R. No. L-53776 | 1988-03-18

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The present Petition for Prohibition and Certiorari is directed at (1) the Order dated 27 November 1979 issued by Branch 23 of the then Court of First Instance of Manila in Criminal Case No. 46768, and (2) said court's Order of 20 March 1980 in the same case denying petitioner Silvestre Cañiza's Motion for Reconsideration.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

On 20 March 1974, an Information (docketed as Criminal Case No. 16879) was filed by the Assistant City Fiscal of Manila with Branch 23 of the then Court of First Instance of Manila for falsification of public documents allegedly committed on...