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People of the Philippines vs. Hon. Marcial Empleo, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus HON. MARCIAL G. EMPLEO, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of Branch 9, Regional Trial Court, Dipolog City and DANTE MAH y CABILIN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148547 | 2006-09-27

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO, J.: 
 
The Case
 
This petition for review on certiorari[1] seeks to reverse the Decision[2] promulgated on 19 June 2001 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 59269. The Court of Appeals affirmed the Resolution and Order of Judge Marcial G. Empleo ("Judge Empleo") of the Regional Trial Court of Dipolog City, Branch 9 ("trial court"), directing the prosecutor to amend the two Informations filed by filing only a single Information. 
 
The Facts
 
On 6 October 1999, a search warrant[3] was issued for the search and seizure of shabu and...