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Maria Luisa Estoesta Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MARIA LUISA ESTOESTA, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and GERRY R. GONZALES, Presiding Judge, MTC, Br. 76, Marikina, respondents.

G.R. No. 92349 | 1990-11-09

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The legal effect of the appearance of a litigant in his own behalf is the focus of controversy in this petition.

Petitioner was charged with the crime of slight physical injuries committed against Perla Y. Corpuz in an information filed with the Metropolitan Trial Court of Marikina, Metro Manila. By the same token, on a countercharge of petitioner, Perla Y. Corpuz was charged in an information for the same offense before the same court.

The cases were consolidated and after a joint trial on the merits where both parties were duly represented by counsel, the trial court rendered a decision dated January...