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Melchor L. Laguna Vs. The Hon. Court of Appeals and People of the Philippines

MELCHOR L. LAGUNA, Petitioner, versus THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173390 | 2012-06-27

SECOND DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

In dismissing the present Petition filed under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, we find no valid, justifiable reason for petitioner’s failure to file his appellant’s brief with the Court of Appeals (CA) that would warrant a reversal of the CA Resolutions dated 25 November 2005[1] and 17 May 2006.[2] To rule otherwise would make light of this Court’s extraordinary certiorari jurisdiction, which operates only upon a clear showing of grave abuse of discretion tantamount to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of the appellate tribunal.[3]

On 11 April 2003, the Regional Trial...