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Kingstone Li vs PEOPLE and Hon CA

KINGSTON(E) LI Y NUNEZ, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and the HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 127962 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

On 19 April 1993, the relative early morning calm in General Luna Street, Barangay Bangkal, Makati, was shattered when a petty argument evolved into a street brawl. After the dust had settled, eighteen (18) -year old Christopher Arugay ("Arugay") lay dying from multiple stab wounds, while his neighbor, twenty-four (24)-year old Kingstone[1] Li ("Li"), staggered injured, with hack wounds on his head.

Li was charged before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati, Branch 148,[2] with the crime of Homicide.[3] On 5 January 1994, after trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to the penalty of eight (8) years and...