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PEOPLE vs Ava Ma. Victoria Cariquez, Leezel Franco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AVA MA. VICTORIA CARIQUEZ y CRUZ, and LEEZEL FRANCO y SAMSON, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 129304 | 1999-09-27

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C. J.:

This is an appeal for the decision1 [Rollo, 18-29; Original Record (OR), 219-230. Per Judge Aurelio C. Trampe.] of 19 March 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 163, in Criminal Case No. 110410 convicting accused-appellants Ava Ma. Victoria Cariquez y Cruz (hereafter AVA) and Leezel Franco y Samson (hereafter LEEZEL) of the crime of parricide and homicide, respectively.

In an Information2 [Rollo, 4-5.] dated 30 May 1996, AVA and LEEZEL were initially charged with serious physical injuries under Section 10, Article VI of R.A. NO. 7610.3 [Otherwise known as "Special Protection of...