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Ibabao, Aniceto vs. PEOPLE, et al.

ANICETO IBABAO, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-36957 | 1984-09-28

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Decision of the then Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. No. 12784-CR, increasing the penalty imposed on petitioner in People of the Philippines vs. Aniceto Ibabao, for Homicide thru Reckless Imprudence, for his failure to lend aid to the victim.

Before the City Court of Davao, in Criminal Case No. 3091C, petitioner was charged with Homicide thru Reckless Imprudence. The Information did not allege that the accused had failed to lend on the spot to the injured person such help as was in his hands to give.

Among the witnesses presented by the prosecution was Jose...