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Edmundo Escamilla y Jugo Vs. People of the Philippines

EDMUNDO ESCAMILLA y JUGO, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 188551 | 2013-02-27



FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari 1 dated 20 August 2009. It seeks a review of the 10 June 2009 Resolution2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR. No. 30456, which denied the Motion for Reconsideration3 of the 10 November 2008 CA Decision4 affirming the conviction of Edmundo Escamilla (petitioner) for frustrated homicide.

BACKGROUND

The facts of this case, culled from the records, are as follows:

Petitioner has a house with a sari-sari store along Arellano Street, Manila.5 The victim, Virgilio Mendol (Mendol), is a tricycle driver whose route traverses the road where petitioner's store...