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Segundo S. Lim vs. CA, et al

SEGUNDO S. LIM, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS, HON. SIMEON P. DUMDUM, JR., Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Cebu City, THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and CIRSE "CHOY" TORRALBA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 147524 | 2006-06-20

D E C I S I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

In Criminal Case No. CBU-26582, petitioner Segundo S. Lim, together with Boy "BG" Guingguing, were found guilty of libel by the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 7, in a Decision dated May 17, 1994, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows: 

WHEREFORE, the court finds accused, SEGUNDO LIM and BOY "BG" GUINGGUING, GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt, as principals of the crime of Libel as charged in the Information, defined and penalized in Art. 353 in relation to Art. 355 of the Revised Penal Code, and hereby sentences the said accused to a prison term of, ranging from, One...