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Alexander Rugas vs PEOPLE

ALEXANDER P. RUGAS, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 147789 | 2004-01-14

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court as amended, of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 23419 (CR) affirming with modification the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Romblon, Branch 81, in Criminal Case No. 2095.

The Antecedents

On December 11, 1997, the petitioner Alexander P. Rugas was charged with Frustrated Homicide in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 16th day of September 1997, at around 9:00 o'clock in the evening, in barangay Taclobo, municipality of San Fernando, province of...