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Nieva vs. People

BONIFACIO NIEVA y MONTERO, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. Present: VELASCO, JR.,* J., Chairperson, PERALTA,** Acting Chairperson, PEREZ, REYES, and JARDELEZA, JJ.

G.R. No. 188751 | 2016-11-16

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari1 of the February 25, 2009 Decision2 and July 9, 2009 Resolution3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 31336, finding petitioner Bonifacio Nieva (Nieva) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of frustrated homicide.
 
Facts
 
In an Information dated November 2, 2005, Nieva was charged with the crime of Frustrated Murder in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malabon, Branch 73.4 The accusatory portion of the Information, docketed as Criminal Case No. 33415-MN,...