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Araza vs. People

JAIME ARAZA y JARUPAY, Petitioner vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent. Present: PERALTA, C.J, Chairperson, CAGUIOA, REYES, J., JR., LAZARO-JAVIER, and LOPEZ, JJ.

G.R. No. 247429 | 2020-09-08

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, C.J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari filed by petitioner Jaime Araza y Jarupay (Araza), praying for the reversal of the December 17, 2018 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 40718 and its May 10, 2019 Resolution,2 which affirmed the October 30, 2017 Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas City, Branch 199 (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 15-1287, finding petitioner guilty of violating Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.
 
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