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R. de Castro vs. Hon. M. B. Fernandez, Jr., etc.

REYNALDO DE CASTRO, Petitioner, versus HON. MANUEL B. FERNANDEZ, JR. in his official capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Las Pi?as City, Branch 254, Metro Manila, Respondent.

G.R. No. 155041 | 2007-02-14

D E C I S I O N
 


CARPIO, J.:


The Case

This petition for certiorari[1] assails the Orders dated 5 and 28 August 2002 of Judge Manuel B. Fernandez, Jr., Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas City, Branch 254 (trial court) in Criminal Case No. 02-0527.[2] The 5 August 2002 Order denied petitioner Reynaldo de Castro's (petitioner) Motion for Reinvestigation and the 28 August 2002 Order denied petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration.


The Facts

On the evening of 11 June 2002, barangay tanods invited petitioner to the barangay hall in connection with a complaint for sexual assault filed by AAA,[3] on behalf of her daughter BBB.[4]...