Co V New Prosperity Plastic Products

[RULE 117, SEC.
8] The essential requisites of the first paragraph of ISSUE: Whether or not the provisional dismissal of the criminal case has
Section 8, Rule 117 of the Rules of Court, are conditions sine qua non to become permanent (NO)
the application of the time-bar in the second paragraph. In this case, there
is no notice of any motion for the provisional dismissal or of the hearing HELD: NO. The essential requisites of the first paragraph of Section 8,
which was served on the private complainant. Rule 117 of the Rules of Court, which are conditions sine qua non to the
application of the time-bar in the second paragraph thereof are: (1) the
CO VS. NEW PROSPERITY PLASTIC PRODUCTS prosecution with the express conformity of the accused or the accused
June 30, 2014, G.R. No. 183994 moves for a provisional (sin perjuicio) dismissal of the case; or both the
PERALTA, J. prosecution and the accused move for a provisional dismissal of the case;
(2) the offended party is notified of the motion for a provisional dismissal of
FACTS: Respondent New Prosperity Plastic Products, represented by the case; (3) the court issues an order granting the motion and dismissing
Elizabeth Uy, filed a complaint for violation of B.P. 22 against petitioner the case provisionally; (4) the public prosecutor is served with a copy of
William Co. In the absence of Uy and the private counsel, the cases were the order of provisional dismissal of the case. In this case, there is no
provisionally dismissed on June 9, 2003 in open court pursuant to Section notice of any motion for the provisional dismissal or of the hearing which
8, Rule 117 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure. Uy received a copy was served on the private complainant at least 3 days before said hearing
of the June 9, 2003 Order on July 2, 2003, while her counsel-of-record as mandated by Section 4, Rule 15 of the Rules. Furthermore, the second
received a copy a day after. On July 2, 2004, Uy, through counsel, filed a paragraph of the new rule should be construed to mean that the order of
Motion to Revive the Criminal Cases which was granted. Co filed a petition dismissal shall become permanent one year after service of the order of
challenging the revival of the criminal cases. He argues that the June 9, dismissal on the public prosecutor who has control of the prosecution
2003 Order provisionally dismissing the criminal cases should be without the criminal case having been revived. Correlatively, when a party
considered as a final dismissal on the ground that his right to speedy trial is represented by a counsel, notices of all kinds emanating from the court
was denied. Assuming that the criminal cases were only provisionally should be sent to the latter at his/her given address pursuant to Section 2,
dismissed, Co further posits that such dismissal became permanent one Rule 13 of the Rules. The public prosecutor cannot be expected to comply
year after the issuance of the June 9, 2003 Order, not after notice to the with the timeline unless he is served with a copy of the order of dismissal.
offended party. He also insists that both the filing of the motion to revive Also, the contention that both the filing of the motion to revive the case
and the trial court's issuance of the order granting the revival must be and the court order reviving it must be made prior to the expiration of the
within the one-year period. Even assuming that the one-year period to one-year period is not found in the Rules. Further, the fact that year 2004
revive the criminal cases started on July 2, 2003 when Uy received the June was a leap year is inconsequential to determine the timeliness of Uy's
9, 2003 Order, Co asserts that the motion was filed one day late since year motion to revive the criminal cases. Even if the Court will consider that
2004 was a leap year. 2004 is a leap year and that the one-year period to revive the case should
be reckoned from the date of receipt of the order of provisional dismissal
by Uy.

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