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Joel B. Caes vs. Intermediate Appellate Court, etal

JOEL B. CAES, petitioner, vs. Hon. INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (Fourth Special Cases Division), Hon. ALFREDO M. GORGONIO, in his capacity as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch CXXV, National Capital Region and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 74989-90 | 1989-11-06

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

We deal with a simple matter that should not detain us too long. Fittingly, we shall decide it in favor of individual liberty rather than upon rebuttable presumptions and dubious implications.

The facts are simple and mostly undisputed.

On November 21, 1981, petitioner Joel Caes was charged in two separate informations with illegal possession of firearms and illegal possession of marijuana before the Court of First Instance of Rizal. 1 The cases were consolidated on December 10, 1981. 2

Arraignment was originally scheduled on January 11, 1982, but was for some reason postponed. 3

On August 31, 1982, Caes...