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Quirico Mari vs CA & PEOPLE

QUIRICO MARI, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 127694 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the conviction of petitioner Quirico Mari for the offense of serious slander by deed is hereby AFFIRMED, but with a modified penalty of one (1) month and one (1) day of arresto mayor, as minimum, to two (2) years and four (4) months of prision correctional, as maximum.

"SO ORDERED."1 [In CA-G. R. CR No. 19521, promulgated on December 9, 1996, Agcaoili, J., ponente, Imperial and Guerrero, JJ., concurring.]

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

Complainant...