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Felizardo S. Obando and Juan S. Obando Vs. People of the Philippines

FELIZARDO S. OBANDO and JUAN S. OBANDO, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 138696 | 2010-07-07

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari filed by petitioners Felizardo and Juan Obando seeking to annul and set aside the Decision[1] dated August 13, 1998 and the Resolution[2] dated May 17, 1999 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 20187.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Sometime in 1964, Alegria Strebel Vda. de Figueras (Alegria), together with Eduardo and Francisco Figueras, sons of her husband Jose Figueras by previous marriage, filed a petition for the intestate proceedings of the estate of Jose Figueras, docketed as Special Proceedings No. 61567. Alegria was named...