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April Joy Asetre, et al. Vs. Junel Asetre, et al.

APRIL JOY ASETRE, BENJIE EBCAS, GALINZCHEL GAMBOA, AND BUENAVENTURA GAMBOA, Petitioners, versus JUNEL ASETRE, CHARITY DAINE ALAGBAN, COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL FORMER EIGHTEENTH DIVISION), Respondents.

G.R. No. 171536 | 2009-04-07

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari assails the Decision[1] dated October 18, 2005 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 78493. Said decision had reversed the Resolution[2] dated December 17, 2002 of the Department of Justice (DOJ) which ordered the withdrawal of an information for parricide against petitioner April Joy Asetre and for murder against petitioners Benjie Ebcas, Galinzchel Gamboa and Buenaventura Gamboa.

The facts, based on the findings of the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

On December 27, 2000, Hanz Dietrich Asetre was found dead in his residence, which also housed his printing press...