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Pedro Lacsa vs Intermediate Appellate Court etal.

PEDRO S. LACSA, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 74907 | 1988-05-23

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Convicted on July 9, 1982 by the Court of First Instance of Manila of the crime of libel and sentenced to pay a fine of Two Thousand (P2,000.00) Pesos, 1 the accused-petitioner, Pedro S. Lacsa, appealed to the former Intermediate Appellate Court. The respondent appellate court, however, in its decision 2 dated March 12, 1986, affirmed in toto the judgment of the trial court. Still unsatisfied, the petitioner is now before us through a petition for review on certiorari, seeking the reversal and setting aside of the respondent court's decision and his acquittal from the crime charged.

We deny the petition....