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Mario Basco vs CA and PEOPLE

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

G.R. No. 125290 | 2000-08-09

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari before us seeks the reversal of the Court of Appeals' Resolutions dated 29 September 1995 and 7 June 1996, which respectively denied petitioner's petition for relief from judgment under Rule 38 of the Revised Rules of Court and the motion for reconsideration filed therein for lack of merit.

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:

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