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Ablaza vs. People

JOMAR ABLAZA Y CAPARAS, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 217722 | 2018-09-26

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari assails the March 20, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 36343, which affirmed with modification the December 3, 2013 Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 75, Olongapo City in Crim. Case No. 384-10 finding Jomar Ablaza Caparas (petitioner) and his co-accused Jay Lauzon y Farrales (Lauzon) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Robbery with Violence Against or Intimidation of Persons under paragraph 5, Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

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