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Nieva M. Manebo Vs. SPO1 Roel D. Acosta, et al.

NIEVA M. MANEBO, Petitioner, versus SPO1 ROEL D. ACOSTA and NUMERIANO SAPIANDANTE, Respondents

G.R. No. 169554 | 2009-10-28

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision[1] dated August 31, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 83300.

The antecedents of this case are as follows:

On May 4, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. at Barangay San Mariano, Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Bernadette M. Dimatulac, the victim, and Flordeliza V. Bagasan (Bagasan)[2] were seated beside each other on a papag watching television inside the church of the Kaibigan Foundation, Inc. Suddenly, a man later identified as SPO1 Roel Acosta (respondent Acosta), with an unidentified male companion, both with short...