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Mario Basco vs CA & PEOPLE

MARIO BASCO y SALAO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 125290 | 2000-02-29

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari seeks the reversal of the Court of Appeals' resolution dated 29 September 1995 and 7 June 1996, respectively, which denied petitioner's petition for relief from judgment under Rule 38 of the Revised Rules of Court.

The antecedents leading to the present controversy are as follows:

On 24 August 1992, petitioner was charged with Qualified Illegal Possession of Firearm and Illegal Possession of Firearm before the Regional Trial Court of Manila (Branch XLI) under the following informations:

INFORMATION

The undersigned accuses MARIO BASCO y SALAO of the crime of Qualified...