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Evelyn Barredo Vs. People of the Philippines, et al

EVELYN BARREDO, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. FRANCISCO F. MACLANO, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Butuan City, Br. 3, and ATTY. RICARDO GONZALEZ, Respondents

G.R. No. 183467 | 2010-03-29

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Evelyn Barredo (petitioner) was charged for perjury before the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Butuan City, docketed as Criminal Case No. 24149, allegedly for making an untruthful statement in her affidavit-complaint for usurpation of authority and illegal detention against Atty. Ricardo D. Gonzalez, the private complainant, before the prosecutor's office.

The statement in petitioner's affidavit-complaint which offended the private complainant was that he "usurped police functions" by instructing the police to impound her truck loaded with sacks of rice and illegally detain her truck helpers...