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Eduardo Gatdula vs PEOPLE

EDUARDO E. GATDULA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 140688 | 2001-01-26

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case is an appeal via certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] that denied a petition for certiorari to nullify the orders of the trial court admitting certain evidence of the prosecution and holding in abeyance resolution on the demurrer to evidence filed by petitioner until after he has presented evidence.

We unwind the facts as narrated in the petition, as follows:

On August 24, 1994, the City Prosecutor of Pasay City filed with the Regional Trial Court, Pasay City an information charging petitioner with violation of Presidential Decree No. 1612 (Anti-Fencing Law), alleging that:

"That...