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PEOPLE vs Hon CA (4th Div), et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (FOURTH DIVISION), CLAUDIO FRANCISCO, JR. and RUDY PACAO, respondents.

G.R. No. 142051 | 2004-02-24

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court is the judgment of acquittal rendered by the Court of Appeals dated December 29, 1999 in CA-G.R. CR No. 16423, which reversed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pili, Camarines Sur, Branch 32, convicting private respondents Claudio Francisco y Recto and Rudy Pacao y Parone of the crimes of homicide and attempted murder, respectively.

The essential and uncontroverted factual antecedents are as follows:

Claudio Francisco, Rudy Pacao, Capt. Rodolfo Malbarosa, Pfc. Catalino Bonganay, Sgt. Roberto Cana, Sgt. Virgilio...