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Leticia Merciales vs Court of Appeals

LETICIA R. MERCIALES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, JOSELITO NUADA, PAT. EDWIN MORAL, ADONIS NIEVES, ERNESTO LOBETE, DOMIL GRAGEDA, and RAMON "POL" FLORES, respondents.

G.R. No. 124171 | 2002-03-18

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Petitioner seeks the reversal of the Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] in CA-G.R. SP No. 37341, denying her petition to annul the Order of the Regional Trial Court of Legazpi City, Branch 8,[2] in Criminal Case Nos. 6307-6312, which dismissed the charge of rape with homicide based on a demurrer to evidence filed by private respondents, accused therein.

The antecedent facts as succinctly synthesized by the respondent court are as follows:

On August 12, 1993, Criminal Case Nos. 6307, 6308, 6309, 6310, 6311, and 6312, for rape with homicide, in connection with the death of one Maritess Ricafort Merciales,...