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Rudolfo S. Magat, Et Al. Vs. People Of The Phil., Et Al.

RUDOLFO S. MAGAT and MINERVA F. MAGAT, petitioners, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents. FB. Santiago, Nalus & Associates Law Offices for petitioners.

G.R. No. 92201 | 1991-08-21

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The petitioners state that the respondent court instead of dismissing their petition and thereby affirming a judgment of conviction should have ordered the complaint dismissed on the ground of prescription or acquitted them for failure to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

On October 14, 1986, the petitioners were charged before the Metropolitan Trial Court of Pasay City under a complaint filed by Ma. Luisa F. Domocmat for serious slander allegedly committed on May 12, 1985 in Room 336 of the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital in Pasay City.

The alleged defamatory words are:

"By Rudolfo S. Magat:

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