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Joaquin E. David Vs. CA, et al.

JOAQUIN E. DAVID, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 111168-69 | 1998-06-17

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals. Petitioner Joaquin E. David was charged, in two separate informations, with homicide and frustrated homicide for the fatal shooting of Noel Nora and the serious wounding of the latter's brother, Narciso Nora, Jr., on March 28, 1981, in Malabon, Metro Manila.

After trial, petitioner was found guilty as charged. The dispositive portion of the decision, dated August 17, 1988, of the Regional Trial Court of Kalookan City reads: 1

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Homicide under...