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Bien D. Sevalle vs C.A. & PEOPLE.

BIEN D. SEVALLE, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 122858 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision,[1] dated September 29, 1995, of the Court of Appeals affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 156, Pasig, finding accused-appellant Bien Sevalle guilty of homicide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of eight (8) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum, and to pay the heirs of the victim Angelito Balbuena the sum of P50,000 as indemnity and the costs.

The information against petitioner and his co-accused alleged:[2]

That on...