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Mapandi vs. People

SALIC MAPANDI Y DIMAAMPAO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 200075 | 2018-04-04

DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
Before us is an appeal by way of petition for review on certiorari from the 20 December 2011 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 04535. The instant petition was reinstated after we granted Salic Mapandi y Dimaampao's (Mapandi) motion for reconsideration and set aside our earlier Resolution dated 25 April 2012.[2] After the Office of the Solicitor General filed its comment to the petition, we now resolve the petition at hand.
 
THE FACTS

Mapandi was charged before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 75, Olongapo City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 512-07 for violating...