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Raymundo Tan, Jr., And Eduardo Tan vs The CA And PEOPLE

RAYMUNDO TAN, JR., and EDUARDO TAN, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 119832 | 2000-10-12

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

For review is the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, dated January 30, 1995 in CA-G.R. CR No. 10680, which affirmed the judgment[2] rendered on September 7, 1990 by Branch 24 of the Regional Trial Court of Maasin, Southern Leyte, in Criminal Case No. 1170, finding petitioners guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide. Also for review is the appellate court's resolution dated April 4, 1995, denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The factual backdrop of this case is summed up by the trial court as follows:

Petitioners Raymundo Tan, Jr., and his brother Eduardo were neighbors of...