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Donato Pangilinan vs CA, Judge Mauricio Rivera and PEOPLE

DONATO PANGILINAN, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE MAURICIO M. RIVERA, Presiding Judge of RTC Branch 73, Antipolo, Rizal, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 129319 | 2002-01-30

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

On September 23, 1993, twelve (12) Informations for violations of Section 9,[1] in relation to Section 39,[2] of Presidential Decree No. 957[3] were filed against Donato Pangilinan, now petitioner, before the Regional Trial Court (Branch 73), Antipolo, Rizal, presided by Judge Mauricio M. Rivera, respondent herein. The 12 Informations,[4] docketed as Criminal Cases Nos. 93-10039 to 93-10050, contain similar averments except for the names of private complainants, to wit:

"That on or about the 15th day of August 1993, in the Municipality of Antipolo, Province of Rizal, Philippines, and within the...