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Tupaz vs. Ulep [DECISION]

PETRONILA C. TUPAZ, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE BENEDICTO B. ULEP Presiding Judge of RTC Quezon City, Branch 105, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 127777 | 1999-10-01

D E C I S I O N
 
PARDO, J.:
 
The case before us is a special civil action for certiorari with application for temporary restraining order seeking to enjoin respondent Judge Benedicto B. Ulep of the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, Branch 105, from trying Criminal Case No. Q-91-17321, and to nullify respondent judge’s order reviving the information therein against petitioner, for violation of the Tax Code, as the offense charged has prescribed or would expose petitioner to double jeopardy.
 
The facts are as follows:
 
On June 8, 1990, State Prosecutor (SP) Esteban A. Molon, Jr. filed with the Metropolitan...