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Temistocles Tapdasan, Jr. vs PEOPLE And Spouses Luisito And Juanita Borja

TEMISTOCLES TAPDASAN, JR., petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SPOUSES LUISITO and JUANITA BORJA, respondents.

G.R. No. 141344 | 2002-11-21

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari for the reversal of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 16385(CR) affirming, on appeal, the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Iligan City in Criminal Case No. 4453 filed against the petitioner for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.

As summarized by the Court of Appeals, the facts of the case are as follows:

"About 6:30 o'clock in the evening of December 5, 1992, while walking along the side of the national highway in Taguibo, Iligan City, twelve (12) year old Salmero Payla and nine (9) year old Loue Boy Borja...