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PEOPLE Vs. Camilo O. Montesa, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. CAMILO O. MONTESA, JR., as Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 19, Malolos, Bulacan, APOLONIO CRUZ and BERNARDA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 114302 | 1995-09-29

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The core issue raised in this petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court is whether the respondent Judge committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of jurisdiction in dismissing Criminal Case No. 1469-M-93 immediately after the arraignment of the accused-private respondents on the basis of the resolution of the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor recommending the dismissal of the case despite the disapproval of such resolution by the Provincial Prosecutor.

This petition was filed by the private prosecutor with the conformity of the Provincial Prosecutor of Bulacan, Liberato L....