[G.R. No. 160086. April 12, 2005]
PEOPLE vs. ELA
EN BANC
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this
Court dated APR 12 2005.
G.R. No. 160086 (People of the
Philippines
vs. Florante
Ela.)
The Court Resolved to
(a) GRANT the Motion
dated 10 March 2005 filed
by Atty. Teresita Ivanessa
C. Cadag for the appellant for a second extension of
five (5) days from the expiration of the first extension or until 17 March 2005
within which to file a reply brief; and
(b) NOTE
the aforesaid Reply Brief dated 17
March 2004 (should be 2005) filed in compliance with the resolution
of 23 November 2004.
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 banc, 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.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.)
LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
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