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PEOPLE vs. Harold M. Hernando

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. HAROLD M. HERNANDO in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance of Abra, and COSME CALIBUSO, ERNESTO CALIBUSO and REY TUBA?A, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55213 | 1981-10-09

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In this original Petition for Certiorari, the People seek to set aside 1) the Amended Decision of respondent Judge, dated August 1, 1980, acquitting herein respondents who were the accused in Criminal Case No. 1020, and 2) the Orders of August 21, 1980 and September 1, 1980 denying reconsideration.

The antecedental facts follow:

On March 20, 1979, the three private respondents and two others were charged with the crime of Frustrated Murder for having stabbed with a pointed bladed weapon one Romeo Dukinal, inflicting upon him a stab wound, thus performing all the acts of execution which would have...