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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDILBERTO BALIBAY Y LABIS AND MARICEL BALIBAY BIJA-AN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDILBERTO BALIBAY Y LABIS AND MARICEL BALIBAY BIJA-AN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 202701 | 2014-09-10

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
Before Us is an appeal, which seeks for the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00630-MIN dated 15 February 2012, which affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Criminal Case Nos. 2004-469 to 470 dated 30 August 2007,[2] convicting accused EDILBERTO BALIBAY y LABIS and MARICEL BALIBAY y BIJA-AN for violation of Article II, Section 5, Paragraph 1, in relation to Section 26[3] and accused MARICEL BALIBAY y BIJA-AN for violation of Article II, Section 11, Paragraph 3 of Republic...