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Nerio Salcedo vs PEOPLE

NERIO SALCEDO y MEDEL, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 137143 | 2000-12-08

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Only questions of law, not of fact, may be raised in a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. Further, findings of facts by a trial court, when affirmed by the Court of Appeals, are binding on the Supreme Court. Any exception to these principles must be clearly and convincingly proven, a burden that herein petitioner failed to discharge.

The Case
Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the July 13, 1998 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals[2]in CA-GR CR No. 19559. The CA affirmed the judgment[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iloilo City (Branch 38), convicting...