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Hector Trenas vs. People of the Philippines

HECTOR TREÑAS, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 195002 | 2012-01-25

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

Where life or liberty is affected by its proceedings, courts must keep strictly within the limits of the law authorizing them to take jurisdiction and to try the case and render judgment thereon.1
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking to annul and set aside the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision dated 9 July 20102 and Resolution dated 4 January 2011.

Statement of the Facts and of the Case 
 
The pertinent facts, as found by the CA, are as follows:

Sometime in December 1999, Margarita Alocilja (Margarita) wanted to...