People VS Camba G.R. No. L-36471 FACTS: •
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A "Bluebirds Bus" with plate No. 200 was on its usual Guadalupe, Maati, to !uiapo, Manila, and return run on #tober $0, $%&2. ne o' those in the bus was (odri)o *ser, a +e#hani#, who was tased to seri#e it. A##ordin) to *ser who was seated at the rear, three +en boarded the bus under the !ue-on brid)e in !uiapo on its return trip to Guadalupe. Near Teeron Teeron street, +an/ o' the passen)ers debared, i n#ludin) two o' the three +en who had boarded under !ue-on brid)e. A passen)er shouted that his wrist wat#h had been snat#hed whereupon atrol+an atrol+an (e/naldo Gon)ora who was in uni'or+ and also a passen)er went to the rear o' the bus in order to assist the i#ti+ o' the snat#hin) but be'ore he #ould do so the third +an who was le't behind stabbed atrol+an Gon)ora. the assailant was Carlos Ca+ba who was able to es#ape. 1t was then about :30 p.+. Ca+ba pleaded not )uilt/ when arrai)ned on #tober 20, $%&2. A'ter trial, he was senten#ed as )uilt/ be/ond reasonable doubt as prin#ipal o' the #ri+e o' +urder 4uali5ed b/ trea#her/ with assault upon an a)ent o' a person in authorit/ and there bein) no +odi'/in) #ir#u+stan#e to #onsider, the Court senten#es hi+ to 6*AT7, to inde+ni'/ the heirs o' the de#eased herein, (*8NA96 GNG(A / STA. STA. ANA, the su+ o' $2,000.00 'or the death o' the latter, the su+ o' $0,000.00 b/ wa/ o' +oral da+a)es, the su+ o' $0,000.00 b/ wa/ o' ee+plar/ da+a)es and to pa/ the #osts. 1n the li)ht o' the 'ore)oin), it is use'ul to note the #o++ent o' the #ourt a 4uo as 'ollows: 1t is the obseration o' the Court that the #ri+e #o++itted is +ore o' robber/ with ho+i#ide ' or the reason that at. (e/naldo (e/naldo Gon)ora was illed while whil e respondin) to the #all 'or help o' a i#ti+ o' snat#hin) and it has been held that in #ase o' robber/ with wi th ho+i#ide, it is not ne#essar/ that the person illed is the er/ i#ti+ o' robber/. robber/. The person illed +a/ een be one o' the robbers ;eople s. Carunun)an, CA
<(, #tober $&, $%&? eople s. Cardon,et al., CA > .G. @303. Auto+ati# reiew o' a de#ision whi#h i+posed the death penalt/ on CA(9S . . CAMBA.
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A #are'ul s#rutin/ o' the in'or+ation i n'or+ation will readil/ reeal that the #har)e a)ainst the appellant is robber/ with ho+i#ide. This is +ani'est 'ro+ the phrase, "while the latter ;the de#eased was respondin) to a robber/< snat#hin) #ase." 1n 'a#t, the appellantEs brie' +aes the sa+e #on#lusion? it sa/s, "a #lose s#rutin/ o' the sa+e in'or+ation reeals that the #ri+e #o++itted is the spe#ial #o+ple #ri+e o' (obber/ with 7o+i#ide." 1t should be borned in +ind in this thi s #onne#tion that the label or #aption in the in'or+ation in respe#t o' the #ri+e #o++itted is not #ontrollin) what +atters are the +aterial alle)ations in the in'or+ation. Also to be noted is the #orre#t obseration b/ the #ourt a 4uo that the eiden#e proed that the #ri+e #o++itted w as robber/ with ho+i#ide and that there #an be su#h a #ri+e albeit the person illed il led was not the robber/ i#ti+. Sin#e the #har)e in the in'or+ation is robber/ with ho+i#ide and the eiden#e is to the sa+e ee#t, the +istae in desi)natin) the #ri+e both in the in'or+ation in' or+ation and in the ud)+ent is not 'atal. The trial #ourt 'ound the appellant )uilt/ o' +urder 4uali5ed b/ trea#her/ but without an/ other +odi'/in) #ir#u+stan#e. The #ri+e was #o+pounded, a##ordin) to the trial #ourt, with assault upon an a)ent o' a person in authorit/. authorit/. 1n this li)ht the appropriate penalt/, pursuant to Art. 3= o' the (eised enal enal Code, is death. 1' it be held as De do that the #ri+e #o++itted was robber/ with ho+i#ide, the result will be the sa+e 'or the a))raatin) #ir#u+stan#es o' trea#her/ and #onte+pt o' publi# authorit/ will hae to be assi)ned. The death penalt/, howeer, #annot be i+posed on the appellant who was onl/ 20 /ears old when he #o++itted the #ri+e 'or la# o' the ne#essar/ otes. D7*(*F(*, the ud)+ent o' the #ourt a 4uo is +odi5ed b/ redu#in) the senten#e on the appellant to re#lusion perpetua and #onsolidatin) the da+a)es in the a+ount o' @0,000.00. No spe#ial pronoun#e+ent as to #osts.
Buhat vs CA 26 SCRA 7!1 !ui# Fa#ts: An in'or+ation 'or 7o+i#ide was 5led a)ainst 6ann/ Buhat. A'ter arrai)n+ent and plea o' not )uilt/, the Se#reatar/ o' Husti#e )ranted the appeal and ordered the #hie' prose#utor to a+end the i n'or+ation up)radin) the oense to M(6*( and i+plead additional a##used. Fa#ts: I n Mar#h 2, $%%@, an in'or+ation 'or 7M1C16* was 5led in the (e)ional Trial Court ;(TC a)ainst petitioner 6ann/ Buhat, "Hohn 6oe" and "(i#hard 6oe". I The in'or+ation alle)ed that on #tober $>, $%%2, petitioner 6anilo Buhat, ar+ed with a ni'e, unlaw'ull/ atta#ed and illed one (a+on Geor)e 8u while the said two unnown assailants held his ar+s, "usin) superior stren)th, inJi#tin) +ortal wounds whi#h were the dire#t #ause o' his death." I *en be'ore petitioner #ould be arrai)ned, the prose#ution +oed 'or the de'er+ent o' the arrai)n+ent on the )round that the priate #o+plainant in the #ase, one Bett/ 8u, +oed 'or the re#onsideration o' the resolution o' the Cit/ rose#utor whi#h ordered the 5lin) o' the a'ore+entioned in'or+ation 'or ho+i#ide. I
etitioner howeer, inoin) his ri)ht to a speed/ trial, opposed the +otion.
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Thus, petitioner was arrai)ned on Hune %, $%%@ and, sin#e petitioner pleaded "not )uilt/", trial ensued.
I n Februar/ @, $%%3, then Se#retar/ o' Husti#e Franlin M. 6rilon, 5ndin) Bett/ 8uEs appeal +eritorious, ordered the Cit/ rose#utor o' (oas Cit/ "to a+end the in'or+ation b/ up)radin) the oense #har)ed to M(6*( and i+plead therein additional a##used 7er+inia Altaas, s+eKa Altaas and (enato Buhat." I
A+endent in'or+ation:
"The undersi)ned assistant Cit/ rose#utor a##uses 6ANN8 B7AT, o' Capri#ho 11, Baran)a/ , (oas Cit/, hilippines. 7*(M1N1A A9TAAS AN6 SM*LA A9TAAS both residentE o' unta Tabu#, (oas Cit/, hilippines, o' the #ri+e o' Murder, #o++itted as 'ollows: That on or about the l>th da/ o' #tober, $%%2, in the Cit/ o' (oas, hilippines, the aboe
The prose#ution had b/ then alread/ presented at least two witnesses.
I 1n an order,> dated Hune 2, $%%3, the (TC denied the +otion 'or leae to a+end in'or+ation. The denial was pre+ised on ;$ an ino#ation o' the trial #ourtEs dis#retion in disre)ardin) the opinion o' the Se#retar/ o' Husti#e as alle)edl/ held in Crespo s. Mo)ul and ;2 a #on#lusion rea#hed b/ the trial #ourt that the resolution o' the in4uest prose#utor is +ore persuasie than that o' the Se#retar/ o' Husti#e, the 'or+er hain) a#tuall/ #ondu#ted the preli+inar/ inesti)ation "where he was able to obsere the de+eanor o' those he inesti)ated I The Soli#itor General pro+ptl/ eleated the +atter to the Court o' Appeals. 7e 5led a petition 'or #ertiorari assailin) the a'ore#ited order den/in) the +otion 'or leae to a+end in'or+ation.
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DN the additional alle)ation o' #onspira#/ is a substantial a+end+ent. N
2. DN the up)radin) o' the #ri+e #har)ed 'ro+ ho+i#ide to the +ore serious oense o' +urder is su#h a substantial a+end+ent that it is disallowed i' +ade a'ter the a##used had pleaded "not )uilt/" to the #ri+e o' ho+i#ide. 7eldO(atio: N $.
n the additional alle)ation o' #onspira#/
I The additional alle)ation o' #onspira#/ is onl/ a 'or+al a+end+ent, petitionerEs parti#ipation as prin#ipal not hain) been ae#ted b/ su#h a+end+ent I General rule: the alle)ation o' #onspira#/ a+on) all the priate respondents a##used, whi#h was not preiousl/ in#luded in the ori)inal in'or+ation, is a substantial a+end+ent saddlin) the respondents with the need o' a new de'ense in order to +eet a dierent situation in the trial #ourt;people s Montene)ro I *#eption: where an a+end+ent a'ter plea resultin) in the in#lusion o' an alle)ation o' #onspira#/ and in the indi#t+ent o' so+e other persons in addition to the ori)inal a##used, #onstitutes a +ere 'or+al a+end+ent per+issible een a'ter arrai)n+ent;people s. Pulueta I The a'ore)oin) prin#iple, b/ wa/ o' e#eption to the )eneral rule, also appositel/ applies in the present #ontroers/ I etitioner undoubtedl/ is #har)ed as a prin#ipal in the illin) o' (a+on Geor)e 8u who+ petitioner is alle)ed to hae stabbed while two unnown persons held the i#ti+Es ar+s. The addition o' the phrase, "#onspirin), #on'ederatin) and helpin) one another" does not #han)e the nature o' petitionerEs parti#ipation as prin#ipal in the illin). I Dhether under the ori)inal or the a+ended in'or+ation, petitioner would hae to de'end hi+sel' as the eople +aes a #ase a)ainst hi+ and se#ures 'or publi# prote#tion the punish+ent o' petitioner ' or stabbin) to death, usin) superior stren)th, a 'ellow #iti-en in whose health and sa'et/ so#iet/ as a whole is interested. etitioner, thus, has no tenable basis to de#r/ the a+end+ent in 4uestion. I Further+ore, neither +a/ the a+end+ent in 4uestion be stru# down on the )round that 7er+inia Altaas, s+eKa Altaas and (enato Buhat would be pla#ed in double eopard/ b/ ir tue o' said a+end+ent. 1n the 5rst pla#e, no 5rst eopard/ #an be spoen o' inso'ar as the Altaases are #on#erned sin#e the 5rst in' or+ation did not pre#isel/ in#lude the+ as a##used therein. 1n the se#ond pla#e, the a+end+ent to repla#e the na+e, "Hohn 6oe" with the na+e o' (enato Buhat who was 'ound b/ the Se#retar/ o' Husti#e to be one o' the two persons who held the ar+s o' the i#ti+ while petitioner was stabbin) hi+,$= is onl/ a 'or+al a+end+ent and one that does not preudi#e an/ o' the a##usedEs ri)hts. I Su#h a+end+ent to insert in the in'or+ation the real na+e o' the a##used inoles +erel/ a +atter o' 'or+ as it does not, in an/ wa/, deprie an/ o' the a##used o' a 'air opportunit/ to present a de'ense? neither is the nature o' the oense #har)ed ae#ted or altered sin#e the reelation o' a##usedEs real na+e does not #han)e the theor/ o' the prose#ution nor does it introdu#e an/ new and +aterial ' a#t.$% 1n 'a#t, it is to he epe#ted that the in'or+ation has to be a+ended as the unnown parti#ipants in the #ri+e be#a+e nown to the publi# prose#utor
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n the a+end+ent o' the na+e o' the #ri+e to M(6*(.
I "Abuse o' superior stren)th" hain) alread/ been alle)ed in the ori)inal in'or+ation #har)in) ho+i#ide, the a+end+ent o' the na+e o' the #ri+e to +urder, #onstitutes a +ere 'or+al a+end+ent per+issible een a'ter arrai)n+ent
I 1n the #ase o' 6i+alibot . Sal#edo,we ruled that the a+end+ent o' the in'or+ation so as to #han)e the #ri+e #har)ed 'ro+ ho+i#ide to +urder, +a/ be +ade "een i' it +a/ result in alterin) the nature o' the #har)e so lon) as it #an be done without preudi#e to the ri)hts o' the a##used." I At the outset, the +ain #onsideration should be whether or not the a##used had alread/ +ade his plea under the ori)inal in'or+ation, 'or this is the inde o' preudi#e to, and the iolation o', the ri)hts o' the a##used. I The 4uestion as to whether the #han)in) o' the #ri+e #har)ed 'ro+ ho+i#ide to the +ore serious oense o' +urder is a substantial a+end+ent pros#ribed a'ter the a##used had pleaded "not )uilt/" to the #ri+e o' ho+i#ide was, it should be noted, #ate)ori#all/ answered in the aQr+atie b/ us in the #ase o' 6ionaldo . 6a#u/#u/. I The said #ase;6a#u/#u/ howeer, diers 'ro+ the #ase at ben#h be#ause the 'a#ts herein sustain a #ontrar/ holdin). As pointed out b/ the Court o' Appeals: " the ori)inal 1n'or+ation, while onl/ +entionin) ho+i#ide, alle)ed: 6ann/ Buhat, Hohn 6oe and (i#hard 6oe as the a##used? si# o' 6ann/ Buhat stabbin) the de#eased (a+on while his two other #o+panions were holdin) the ar+s o' (a+on, thus, Ethe 1n'or+ation alread/ alle)ed superior stren)thE? and inJi#tin) +ortal wounds whi#h led to the death o' (a+on. Superior stren)th 4uali5es the oense to +urder ;Arti#le 23=. I Be'ore us, the 1n'or+ation alread/ alle)ed superior stren)th, and the additional alle)ation that the de#eased was stabbed b/ Buhat while the ar+s o' the 'or+er were bein) held b/ the two other a##used, re'errin) to Hohn 6oe and (i#hard 6oe.... I
1' the illin) is #hara#teri-ed as hain) been #o++itted b/ superior stren)th, then to repeat, there is +urder
I Also the #ase o' 6a#u/#u/ was +entioned, as a usti5#ation 'or not allowin) #han)e o' desi)nation 'ro+ ho+i#ide to +urder, but then the bod/ o' the 1n'or+ation in the 6a#u/#u/ rulin) did not alle)e aer+ents whi#h 4uali5es si# the oense o' +urder. The #ase be'ore us instead is dierent in that the 1n'or+ation alread/ alle)es that Buhat atta#ed the de#eased while his two other #o+panions held hi+ b/ the ai+s, Eusin) superior stren)th.E De would een epress the possibilit/ that i' supported b/ eiden#e, Buhat and the Altaases #ould still be penali-ed 'or +urder een without #han)in) the desi)nation 'ro+ ho+i#ide to +urder, pre#isel/ be#ause o' a'ore+entioned alle)ations. The proposed #han)e o' the word 'ro+ ho+i#ide to +urder, to us, is not a substantial #han)e that should be prohibited I 1n the +atter o' a+endin) a #ri+inal in'or+ation, what is pri+aril/ )uarded a)ainst is the i+pair+ent o' the a##usedEs ri)ht to intelli)entl/ now the nature o' the #har)e a)ainst hi+. This ri)ht has been )uaranteed the a##used under all hilippine Constitutions2> and in#orporated in Se#tion $ ;b, (ule $$, o' the $%= (ules on Cri+inal ro#edure. I Fro+ a le)al point o' iew, and in a er/ real sense, it is o' no #on#ern to the a##used what is the te#hni#al na+e o' the #ri+e o' whi#h he stands #har)ed. 1t in no wa/ aids hi+ in a de'ense on the +erits . That to whi#h his attention should be dire#ted, and in whi#h he, aboe all thin)s else, should be +ost interested, are the 'a#ts alle)ed. I The real 4uestion is not did he #o++it a #ri+e )ien in the law so+e te#hni#al and spe#i5# na+e, but did he per'or+ the a#ts alle)ed in the bod/ o' the in'or+ation in the +atter therein set 'orth. 1' he di d, it is o' no #onse4uen#e to hi+, either as a +atter o' pro#edure or o' substantie ri)ht how the law deno+inates the #ri+e whi#h those a#ts #onstitute. The desi)nation o' the #ri+e b/ na+e in the #aption o' the in'or+ation 'ro+ the 'a#ts alle)ed in the bod/ o' that pleadin) is a #on#lusion o' law +ade b/ the 5s#al . For his 'ull and #o+plete de'ense he need not now the na+e o' the #ri+e at all. 1t is o' no #onse4uen#e whateer 'or the prote#tion o' hi s substantial ri)hts. I The real and i+portant 4uestion to hi+ is, E6id /ou per'or+ the a#ts alle)ed in the +anner alle)edRE not, E6id /ou #o++it a #ri+e na+ed +urderRE 1' he per'or+ed the a#ts alle)ed, in the +anner stated, the law deter+ines what the na+e o' the #ri+e is and 5es the penal/ there'or. 1t is the proin#e o' the #ourt alone to sa/ w hat the #ri+e is or what it is na+ed. 1' the a##used per'or+ed the a#ts alle)ed in the +anner alle)ed, then he ou)ht to be punished and punished ade4uatel/, whateer +a/ be the na+e o' the #ri+e whi#h those a#ts #onstitute. I The real nature o' the #ri+inal #har)e is deter+ined not 'ro+ the #aption or prea+ble o' the in'or+ation nor 'ro+ the spe#i5#ation o' the proision o' the law alle)ed to hae been iolated, the/ bein) #on#lusions o' law whi#h in
no wa/ ae#t the le)al aspe#ts o' the in'or+ation, but 'ro+ the a#tual re#ital o' 'a#ts as alle)ed in the bod/ o' the in'or+ation. I etitioner in the #ase at ben#h +aintains that hain) alread/ pleaded "not )uilt/" to the #ri+e o' ho+i#ide, the a+end+ent o' the #ri+e #har)ed in the in'or+ation 'ro+ ho+i#ide to +urder is a substantial a+end+ent preudi#ial to his ri)ht to be in'or+ed o' the nature o' the a##usation a)ainst hi+. 7e utterl/ 'ails to dispute, howeer, that the ori)inal in'or+ation did alle)e that petitioner stabbed his i#ti+ "usin) superior stren)th." And this parti#ular alle)ation 4uali5es a illin) to +urder, re)ardless o' how su#h a illin) is te#hni#all/ desi)nated in the in'or+ation 5led b/ the publi# prose#utor. NT*: n another aspe#t, we 5nd +erit in the +ani'estation o' the Soli#itor General to the ee#t that the respondent Court o' Appeals erroneousl/ supposed that petitioner and (enato Buhat are one and the sa+e person, hen#e the non
Se".14# Rule 11! Case 14 $eeha%&ee '(. vs. )a*a+a, et.al FACTS: I etitioner was ori)inall/ #har)ed on Hul/ $%,$%%$ in an in'or+ation 'or the #ri+e o' 'rustrated +urder. I That on Hul/ $@, $%%$, in the Muni#ipalit/ o' Maati and within its urisdi#tion, the a##used with intent to ill, trea#her/ and eident pre+editation, did there and wil'ull/, unlaw'ull/, 'eloniousl/ atta# and shoot one Maureen Naarro 7ult+an. I But be#ause o' ti+el/ and able +edi#al assistan#e to said Maureen Naarro 7ult+an, it preented her death. I A'ter the prose#ution had rested its #ase, petitioner was allowed to 5le a +otion 'or leae to 5le a de+urrer to eiden#e. I 7oweer, be'ore the said +otion #ould be 5led, M aureen Naarro 7ult+an died. I Then, priate prose#utor (o)elio A. inluan 5led an o+nibus +otion 'or leae o' the #ourt to 5le an a+ended in'or+ation and ad+it said a+ended in'or+ation. I 1n the a+ended in'or+ation said Claudio Tehanee Hr., ar+ed with a hand)un with intent to ill, trea#her/ and eident pre+editation, did there and wil'ull/, unlaw' ull/, 'eloniousl/ atta# and shoot one Maureen Naarro 7ult+an
I etitioner re'used to be arrai)ned on the a+ended in'or+ation 'or la# o'a preli+inar/ inesti)ation. I (espondent ud)e ordered that a plea o' not )uilt/. I (espondent ud)e ordered the prose#ution to present its eiden#e. I etitioners #ounsel +ani'ested that he #ould not tae part in the pro#eedin)s be#ause o' the le)al issue raised. I Trial #ourt appointed a #ounsel de o5#io to represent the petitioner. 1SS*: I Dhether or not an a+ended in'or+ation inolin) a substantial a+end+ent, without preli+inar/ inesti)ation , a'ter the prose#ution has rested on the ori)inal in'or+ation , +a/ le)all/ and alidl / ad+itted. (91NG: I There is an identit/ o' the oense s #har)ed both in the ori)inal and the a+ended in'or+ation. Dhat is inoled here is not a arian#e in the nature o' dierent oenses #har)ed, but onl/ a #han)e in the ee#ution o' the sa+e oense 'ro+ 'rustrated to #onsu++ated +urder. I De hold that an a+end+ent o' the ori)inal in'or+ation will suQ#e and the 5lin) o' the a+ended in'or+ation 'or +urder is proper. I 1nstant petition was dis+issed 'or la# o' +erit.
Se". 1# Rule11! Case 1 BP a%* $omas vs. People G.R. No. 126 FACTS: I 6esi To+as was #har)ed in #ourt 'or perur/ under Art. $=@ o' the (C 'or +ain) a 'alse narration in a #erti5#ate a)ainst 'oru+ shoppin). I That on or about Mar#h $@, 2000 in the Cit/ o' Maati and within the urisdi#tion o' this honourable #ourt , a##used, wil'ull/, unlaw'ull/ and 'eloniousl/ +ae untruth'ul state+ents under oath upon a +aterial +atter be'ore a #o+petent person authori-ed to ad+inister oath whi#h the law re4uires. I A##used stated in the eri5#ationOCerti5#ationOAQdait o' +erit o' a #o+plaint 'or su+ o' +one/ with a pra/er 'or a writ o' replein #iil #ase no.@23<00 o' Metropolitan Trial Court, asa/ Cit/, that B has not #o++en#ed an/ other a#tion or pro#eedin) inolin) the sa+e issues in another tribunal or a)en#/. I A##used nowin) well that said +aterial state+ent was 'alse thereb/ +ain) a wil'ul and deliberate assertion o' 'alsehood. I The a##usation ste++ed 'ro+ petitioner nion Bans ;2 #o+plaints 'or su+ o' +one/ with a pra/er 'or a writ o' replein a)ainst the spouse *ddie and *lisa Ta+ondon) and a Hohn 6oe. I
The $st #o+plaint,Ciil #ase No. %0<0&$&, was 5led be'ore the (TC , bran#h $0%,asa/ Cit/ on Apr. $@, $%%=.
I The 2nd #o+plaint, Ciil Case No. @23<000 was 5led on Mar. $, 2000 and rati5ed to the MeTC, bran#h 3&, asa/ Cit/ . I
Both #o+plaint showed that To+as ee#uted and si)ned the Certi5#ation a)ainst Foru+ Shoppin).
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To+as 5led a Motion to #itin) 2 )rounds
$. She ar)ued that the enue was i+properl/ laid sin#e it is the asa/ Cit/ #ourt where the Certi5#ate a)ainst Foru+ Shoppin) was sub+itted and used and not the MeTC
That the 'a#ts #har)ed do not #onstitute an oense be#ause
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There was no other a#tion or pro#eedin) #o++en#ed inolin) the sa+e issues in another tribunal or a)en#/.
#. She was #har)ed with perur/ b/ )iin) 'alse testi+on/ while the alle)ations in the in'or+ation +ae out a perur/ b/ )iin) 'alse aQdait. I Met# denied the Motion to 4uash, rulin that it has urisdi#tion oer the #ase sin#e the Certi5#ate a)ainst Foru+ Shoppin) was notari-ed in Maati Cit/. Also that the alle)ations suQ#ientl/ #har)ed To+as with perur/. I
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I The petitioners 5led a petition 'or #ertiorari be'ore the (TC
The Cit/ #ourt o' Maati Cit/ has urisdi#tion to tr/ and set aside the #ase o' perur/.
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etitioners pra/ to reerse the (TC
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