Year: 2024
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G.R. No. 106274. September 28, 1993 (Case Brief / Digest)
**Title:** People of the Philippines vs. Henry Padero: A Case of Acquitted Rape Charge Due to Reasonable Doubt **Facts:** On 21 January 1992, Jocelyn Cadeliña, a 16-year-old resident from Bais City, Negros Oriental, filed a rape charge against her uncle-in-law, Henry Padero. The incident allegedly occurred on 31 August 1991. Following the issuance of an…
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G.R. No. L-26136. October 30, 1978 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: Bachrach Motor Co., Inc. vs. The Court of Industrial Relations and Rural Transit Employees Association (1966) ### Facts: In 1958, a labor dispute arose between the Bachrach Motor Co., Inc. (operating the Rural Transit) and the Rural Transit Employees Association, leading to a strike by the latter. This dispute was brought to the…
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G.R. No. 66469. July 29, 1986 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title People of the Philippines and Alfredo Quijano vs. Hon. Bernardo Salas, et al. ### Facts Mario Abong was initially charged with homicide in the Court of First Instance of Cebu. Before arraignment, the prosecution motioned for a reinvestigation which led to an amended information with a recommendation for no bail. Abong pleaded not…
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G.R. No. 102079. November 22, 1993 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **People of the Philippines vs. Henry Salveron: A Case of Retribution and Homicide** ### Facts: The roots of this tragic narrative began on May 22, 1981, when Gloria de Felipe was allegedly robbed and raped. The accused individuals included Raul Salveron, Jesus Dalida, Mauricio Dumangas, and unknown others. Throughout the subsequent trial in…
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G.R. NO. L-29201. January 31, 1974 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: People of the Philippines v. Apolonio Obngayan ### Facts: On March 10, 1967, in Barrio Manosa, Villaviciosa, Abra, Pedro Bagay was shot by Apolonio Obngayan while loading palay with his wife, Alingan Bagay. Alingan witnessed Obngayan, standing 30 meters away, shoot her husband. Despite immediate medical attention, Pedro Bagay succumbed to his injuries…
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G.R. No. L-41166. August 25, 1976 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title People of the Philippines, Amelia K. Del Rosario, and Dionisio Cerbo vs. Hon. Numeriano G. Estenzo and Gregorio Ojoy ### Facts In Criminal Case No. 2891, “People of the Philippines vs. Gregorio Ojoy,” at the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, after the defense’s primary witness, the accused Gregorio Ojoy, had testified, the…
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G.R. No. L-35376. September 11, 1980 (Case Brief / Digest)
### **Title:** Republic of the Philippines and The Director of Lands vs. Hon. Numeriano G. Estenzo, et al. ### **Facts:** Lot No. 4273 of the Ormoc Cadastre was declared public land by the Cadastral Court on September 28, 1940. On February 23, 1972, the private respondents, consisting of Tiburcio, Florencia, Fabian, and Gonzala Aotes, petitioned…
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G.R. No. L-35376. September 11, 1980 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: Republic of the Philippines and the Director of Lands v. Hon. Numeriano G. Estenzo, et al. ### Facts: The case revolves around Lot No. 4273 of the Ormoc Cadastre, which was declared public land by a Cadastral Court decision dated September 28, 1940. On February 23, 1972, the Aotes, claiming hereditary succession and…
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G.R. No. 200951. September 05, 2012 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **People of the Philippines vs. Jose Almodiel alias “Do Dong Astrobal”** ### Facts: Jose Almodiel was accused of violating Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for selling two sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. The case originated from a buy-bust operation conducted…
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G.R. No. 217151. February 12, 2020 (Case Brief / Digest)
### Title: **Drs. Reynaldo Ang and Susan Cucio-Ang vs. Rosita de Venecia, et al.** ### Facts: Drs. Reynaldo Ang and Susan Cucio-Ang owned a residential house in Makati City. In 2008, their neighbor, Angel Margarito D. Caramat, Jr., began the construction of a five-story commercial building on an adjacent lot. By 2009, the Angs observed…