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Tomas Hugo vs Hon CA & PEOPLE

TOMAS HUGO, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 126752 | 2002-09-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review by certiorari is the decision[1] dated February 28, 1996 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 14629, which affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 39, in Criminal Case No. 31668, finding petitioner Tomas Hugo guilty of homicide. Also assailed is the CA's resolution[2] dated September 25, 1996, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

In an information dated May 3, 1988, the Iloilo City Prosecutor charged petitioner with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 29th day of April, 1988, in the City of Iloilo, Philippines and within...