Yapdiangco v Buencamino-2

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    Yapdiangco v. Buencamino (122 SCRA 713)

    FACTS:

    On February 1, 1965, the fiscal filed information for slight physical injuries allegedly

    committed by the petitioner on December 2, 1964. Since the information was filed afterthe prescribed 60-day period, petitioner moved to quash the criminal prosecution on the

    ground of prescription. Respondent contended that it was filed within the prescriptive

    period since the last day fell on a Sunday or legal Holiday, therefore, should not be

    counted.

    ISSUE:

    Whether period of prescription is interrupted by Sundays or Legal Holidays.

    HELD:

    No. A Sunday or legal holiday does not interrupt nor stop the running of the prescriptive

    period as a matter of statutory articulation. According to Article 91, the only exception is

    the offenders physical absence and no other cause can be sufficient to interrupt

    prescription.

    The Court ruled that Where the sixtieth and last day to file information falls on a

    Sunday or legal holiday, the sixty-day period cannot be extended up to the next working

    day. Prescription has automatically set in. The fiscal cannot file the information

    on the next following working day as it would tantamount to extending the prescriptive

    period fixed by law.

    Therefore, the motion to quash the criminal prosecution was granted on the valid

    ground of prescription.