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Jaime M. De Guzman vs. People of the Phil.

JAIME M. DE GUZMAN, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 167492 | 2007-03-22

D E C I S I O N



GARCIA, J.:

Assailed and sought to be set aside in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Resolution[1] dated 12 October 2004 of the Court of Appeals (CA), as reiterated in its Resolution[2] of 17 February 2005, dismissing the petitioner's appeal in CA-G.R. CR No. 28277 for failure to file his appellant's brief in connection with his appeal from an earlier decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dagupan City, Branch 44, which found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Frustrated Homicide against the person of one Antonio De Vera.

Briefly, the material facts may be stated...