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Talampas vs. People

VIRGILIO TALAMPAS y MATIC, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 180219 | 2011-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
By petition for review on certiorari, Virgilio Talampas y Matic  (Talampas) seeks the review of the affirmance of his conviction for homicide (for the killing of the late Ernesto Matic y Masinloc) by the Court of Appeals (CA) through its decision promulgated on August 16, 2007.[1]

The Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, in Biñan, Laguna (RTC) had rejected his pleas of self-defense and accident and had declared him guilty of the felony under the judgment rendered on June 22, 2004.[2]
 
Antecedents

The information filed on November 17, 1995, to which Talampas pleaded not guilty,...