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[G.R. No. 153975.
PEOPLE vs. NABONG
EN BANC
Gentlemen:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this
Court dated
G.R. No. 153975 (People of the Philippines vs. Celino O. Nabong, et al.)
The Court Resolved to NOTE
the Manifestation dated 10 December 2004 filed by Atty. Maria Celina P. Fado of the FLAG, stating that appellant Celino O. Nabong finds no need to
file a reply brief since the appellee's arguments as
contained in its consolidated brief are sufficiently traversed in the said
appellant's brief dated
Conformably with the decision promulgated on 7 July 2004 in G.R. Nos. 147678-87, entitled The People of the Philippines vs. Efren Mateo y Garcia , modifying the pertinent provisions of the Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure, more particularly Section 3 and Section 10 of Rule 122, Section 13 of Rule 124, Section 3 of Rule 125 and any other rule insofar as they provide for direct appeals from the Regional Trial Courts to the Supreme Court in cases where the penalty imposed is death, reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, as well as the resolution of the Supreme Court en bane, dated 19 September 1995, in "Internal Rules of the Supreme Court" in cases similarly involving the death penalty, pursuant to the Court's power to promulgate rules of procedure in all courts under Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution, and allowing an intermediate review by the Court of Appeals before such cases are elevated to this Court, the Court further Resolved to TRANSFER this case to the Court of Appeals, for appropriate action and disposition.
LET all the pertinent records of this case be TRANSFERRED to the Court of Appeals.
Davide, Jr., C.J., on sick leave.
Puno, Acting C.J.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.)
LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
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