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Exuperancio Canta vs PEOPLE

EXUPERANCIO CANTA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 140937 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision, dated August 31, 1999, and resolution, dated November 22, 1999, of the Court of Appeals,[1] which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, Maasin, Southern Leyte,[2] finding petitioner Exuperancio Canta guilty of violation of P.D. No. 533, otherwise known as the Anti-Cattle Rustling Law of 1974, and sentencing him to ten (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to twelve (12) years, five (5) months, and eleven (11) days of reclusion temporal medium, as maximum, and to pay the costs.

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