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Tan Ang Bun vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

TAN ANG BUN, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47747 | 1990-02-15

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The legal effect of a recantation is the issue in this petition for review by certiorari of a decision of the Court of Appeals.

Tan Ang Bun was charged with the crime of homicide, serious physical injuries, and reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property in an information that was filed in the Court of First Instance of Tarlac and which reads as follows:

"That on or about August 26, 1973 at about 1:30 in the afternoon, in the Municipality of Gerona, Province of Tarlac, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said Tan Ang Bun, being then the driver and person in charge...