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Ordinario vs PEOPLE

GERONIMO ORDINARIO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 155415 | 2004-05-20

D E C I S I O N




VITUG, J.:

The case before this Court relates to an affirmance by the Court of Appeals of the joint decision, dated 20 October 1999, rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 138, in Criminal Cases No. 99-299 to No. 99-310, inclusive, convicting petitioner Geronimo Ordinario, on twelve (12) counts, of having committed punishable acts under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code. The indictments, under twelve (12) separate Informations filed by the City Prosecutor of Makati City on 26 February 1999, were uniformly worded, except with regard to the date of commission of the offenses, thusly:

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