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Enrique De Leon vs. People [DECISION]

ENRIQUE G. DE LEON, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SPO3 PEDRITO L. LEONARDO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 212623 | 2016-01-11

D E C I S I O N
 
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the November 14, 2013 Decision[1] and the May 20, 2014 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 35390, which affirmed the September 28, 2012 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 27, Manila (RTC), sustaining the conviction of accused Enrique De Leon (De Leon) for Grave Oral Defamation by the Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 6, Manila (MeTC).

Records show that De Leon was charged with Grave Oral Defamation in the Information filed before the MeTC, docketed as Criminal Case No. 453376-CR, the...