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People vs. Pineda [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. GREGORIO G. PINEDA, Branch XXI, Court of First Instance of Rizal, and CONSOLACION NAVAL, respondents.

G.R. No. L-44205 | 1993-02-16

D E C I S I O N
 
MELO, J.:
 
When Consolacion Naval, the herein private respondent, was separately accused of having committed the crime of estafa in Criminal Case No. 15795 before Branch 19, and of falsification in Criminal Case No. 15796 before Branch 21, both of the then Court of First Instance of Rizal of the Seventh Judicial District stationed at Pasig, Rizal, she sought the quashal of the latter charge on the supposition that she is in danger of being convicted for the same felony (p. 16, Record). Her first attempt in this respect did not spell success (p. 34, Record) but the Honorable Gregorio G. Pineda, Presiding Judge of...