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Manuel P. Martinez Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MANUEL P. MARTINEZ, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, and SALVADOR H. LAUREL, respondent.

G.R. No. 112387 | 1994-10-13

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

This petition for review prays for the reversal of the resolutions of the Court of Appeals dated July 16, 1993 and October 25, 1993 in CA-G.R. No. 13429, entitled "The People of the Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus Manuel P. Martinez, Accused-Appellee, and Salvador H. Laurel, Private Complainant and Appellant." What petitioner Manuel P. Martinez actually seeks is the dismissal of the information for libel filed against him in the Trial Court. On the basis of the facts hereunder set forth, the Court denies his plea.

On complaint of then Vice-President Salvador H. Laurel 1 , and Information dated March...