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Heirs of Sarah Marie Palma Burgos Vs. Court of Appeals and Johnny Co y Yu

HEIRS OF SARAH MARIE PALMA BURGOS, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS and JOHNNY CO y YU, Respondents

G.R. No. 169711 | 2010-02-08

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

This case is about the legal standing of the offended parties in a criminal case to seek, in their personal capacities and without the Solicitor General's intervention, reversal of the trial court's order granting bail to the accused on the ground of absence of strong evidence of guilt.

The Facts and the Case

On January 7, 1992 a number of assailants attacked the household of Sarah Marie Palma Burgos while all were asleep, killing Sarah and her uncle Erasmo Palma (Erasmo). Another uncle, Victor Palma (Victor), and a friend, Benigno Oquendo (Oquendo), survived the attack. The theory of the police was that a land...