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Lourdes Baltazar and Edison Baltazar Vs. Jaime Chua y Ibarra

Lourdes Baltazar and Edison Baltazar, Petitioners, versus Jaime Chua y Ibarra, Respondent.

G.R. No. 177583 | 2009-02-27

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court assails the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 92671, which annulled the 7 December 2004 Order[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 37, directing the filing of Informations for Murder and Frustrated Murder against Jaime Chua (Jaime) and Jovito Armas, Jr. (Jovito).

Jaime and Jovito were charged before the RTC Manila, Branch 27 with the crimes of homicide and frustrated homicide for the death of Ildefonso Baltazar and the wounding of Edison Baltazar. The cases, which were docketed as Criminal...