G.R. No. 220149, July 27, 2021
FACTS:
Pulido married Arcon on September 5, 1983. Thereafter, he contracted a second marriage with Baleda on July 31, 1995 without having his first marriage with Arcon legally dissolved. Pulido was charged of Bigamy.
During the pendency of the bigamy case, Pulido obtained a judicial declaration of absolute nullity of his first marriage with Arcon. Pulido insisted that he could not be held criminally liable for bigamy because both his marriages were null and void. He claimed that his marriage with Arcon in 1983 is null and void for lack of a valid marriage license while his marriage with Baleda is null and void for lack of a marriage ceremony.