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Misolas vs. Panga, et al.

ARNEL P. MISOLAS, petitioner, vs. HON. BENJAMIN V. PANGA, as Judge of RTC Branch 33, Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents. Soliman M. Santos, Jr. counsel de oficio for petitioner.

G.R. No. 83341 | 1990-01-30

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J:

This petition for certiorari ascribes grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction to the respondent judge who denied petitioner's motion to quash the information filed against him as well as his motion for reconsideration.

The case brings into focus our laws on subversion and subversion-related offenses.

The controversy arose from the following facts:

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