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Suerte-Felipe vs. People [DECISION]

ROMEO I. SUERTE-FELIPE, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 170974 | 2008-03-03

D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari praying for the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 26162 dated 29 December 2005 affirming with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 117, in Criminal Case No. 00-0182, convicting petitioner Romeo I. Suerte-Felipe of the crime of homicide for the death of one Godofredo Ariate.

The Information filed against petitioner dated 15 November 1999 charged him with homicide:
 
The undersigned Asst. City Prosecutor accuses ROMEO SUERTE I. FELIPE of the crime of HOMICIDE...