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Porferio B. Jopillo, et al. vs PEOPLE

PORFERIO B. JOPILLO and GLORIA M. JOPILLO, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 136727 | 2005-05-06

D E C I S I O N


SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:


The right to appeal is not among those provided for in the Bill of Rights. It is a mere statutory grant. Accordingly, one who seeks to avail of the right must faithfully comply with the statute or rules on appeal.

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari filed by spouses Porferio and Gloria Jopillo assailing the Resolution dated September 4, 1998[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 20993 dismissing petitioners' appeal on the ground that their appellants' brief was filed late by 215 days; and Resolution dated December 14, 1998[2] denying their motion for reconsideration.

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