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Reynaldo Criste Unidad vs CA and PEOPLE

REYNALDO CRISTE UNIDAD, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 129201 | 2003-03-11

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court. Petitioner, Reynaldo Criste Unidad, appeals from a decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated November 14, 1996 and the resolution[2] denying the motion for reconsideration dated April 30, 1997, in CA-G.R. No. 17129.

Said decision affirmed an amended decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 14, dated September 5, 1994.

The dispositive portion of the trial court's amended decision reads, as follows:

WHEREFORE, finding the accused guilty of the crime of Homicide as charged in the Information defined and penalized...