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Joel Luces vs PEOPLE

JOEL LUCES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 149492 | 2003-01-20

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is a petition for review seeking to annul and set aside the March 23, 2001 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals[2] in CA-G.R. CR No. 23581 which affirmed with modification the decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Bugasong, Antique, Branch 64 finding petitioner Joel Luces guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide in Criminal Case No. 0249.

Petitioner was originally charged with Murder under an information which reads:

That on or about the 11th day of November 1997, in the Municipality of Patnongon, Province of Antique, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of...