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Abellana vs. People

FELIXBERTO A. ABELLANA, Petitioner,vs.PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and Spouses SAAPIA B. ALONTO and DIAGA ALONTO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 174654 | 2011-08-17

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
The only issue that confronts this Court is whether petitioner Felixberto A. Abellana could still be held civilly liable notwithstanding his acquittal.
 
Assailed before this Court are the February 22, 2006 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 78644 and its August 15, 2006 Resolution2 denying the motion for reconsideration thereto. The assailed CA Decision set aside the May 21, 2003 Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cebu City, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. CBU-51385 and acquitted the petitioner of the crime of falsification of public document by...