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[A.M. No. 99-11-425-RTC.February 8, 2000]

RE: REQUEST OF JUDGE WENCESLAO E. IBABAO

EN BANC

Gentlemen:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated FEB 8 2000.

A.M. No. 99-11-425-RTC(Re: Request of Judge Wenceslao E. Ibabao, Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Davao City, for Extension of Time to Decide Criminal Case No. 43,532.99.)

In the resolution of December 7, 1999, the Court noted the letter, dated October 11, 1999, of Judge Wenceslao E. Ibabao, Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Davao City, requesting an extension of 45 days from October 23, 1999 (the ninetieth day from July 23, 1999, when accused was arraigned), within which to decide Criminal Case No. 43,532-99 entitled People of the Philippines v. Noel Into, which is a case for rape. In another letter, dated December 1, 1999, Judge Ibabao asked for a second extension of 60 days within which to decide the said case.

The 90-day period for resolving a case of the Regional Trial Court under �5 of the Judiciary Act of 1948 and Art. VIII, �15(1) of the Constitution is counted from the date a case was submitted for decision, not from the date of arraignment of the accused. It was, therefore, error for Judge Ibabao to ask for an extension of time for deciding Criminal Case No. 43,532-99. In fact, on December 15, 1999, he informed the Office of the Court Administrator that trial in the criminal case was still being held. It is a different matter if Judge Ibabao is actually referring to the 180-day limit for trying the case prescribed by �6 of R.A. No. 8493, otherwise known as the Speedy Trial Act of 1998.

In view of the foregoing, the Court RESOLVED to NOTE the letter, dated December 1, 1999, of Judge Wenceslao E. Ibabao and to REQUIRE him to inform the Court within ten (10) days from notice what he is really seeking to extend.

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Asst. Clerk of Court

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