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People vs. Court of Appeals and Galicia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS (FIFTEENTH DIVISION) AND RAMON GALICIA y MANRESA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 159261 | 2007-02-21

DECISION
 


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the Court of Appeals' Decision[1] dated May 22, 2003 in CA-G.R. CR No. 23605, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Ramon Galicia y Manresa," on the ground that said decision was issued with grave abuse of discretion. The decision reversed the trial court's conviction of herein private respondent Ramon Galicia, and acquitted him.

The informations against the private respondent as one of the accused in two cases for homicide before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Oriental Mindoro, Branch 43, read:


Criminal Case No. R-725

The undersigned accuses RAMON...