People v Camareno

No. L-13484. May 20, 1960

Art. 124 - Arbitrary Detention

Facts:

·         Dominador Camerino and eighty-six others were accused of the crime of sedition.

·         The information described in detail the manner in which the alleged seditious acts were performed, specifying the dates and the places where they were committed and the persons who were victims thereof, under fourteen different overt acts of sedition.

·         They filed a motion to quash the information on the ground of double jeopardy, claiming that more than one offense was charged, and that the criminal action or liability of said defendants had been extinguished.

·         the trial court issued an order sustaining the reasons of the motion to quash and dismissing the information.

Issue:

            WoN the information charged was more than one offense.

Held:

            No, the information filed in this case did not charge more than one offense but only that of sedition, thereby specifying the separate and different criminal acts attributed to the defendants to complete the narration of facts.

Thus, the Court holds that the information is valid.

            The appealed orders are hereby set aside and the case is hereby remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.