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Laurinio Goma and Natalio Umale vs. Court of Appeals

LAURINIO GOMA and NATALIO UMALE, Petitioners, versus THE COURT OF APPEALS, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, and SANGGUNIAN MEMBER MANUEL G. TORRALBA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168437 | 2009-01-08

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

Appealed, via this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45, is the Decision[1] dated June 6, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 27963, affirming the July 28, 2003 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 26 in Santa Cruz, Laguna in Criminal Case No. SC-6712. The RTC convicted petitioners of the crime of falsification of public document under Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

The Facts

On the basis of the affidavit-complaint of Manuel Torralba and two other members of the Sangguniang Barangay of Brgy. Cabanbanan, Pagsanjan, Laguna, the Office of the...