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PEOPLE vs CA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (ELEVENTH DIVISION), EFREN S. ALMUETE, JOHNNY ILA y RAMEL and JOEL LLOREN y DELA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 144332 | 2004-07-10

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 of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 49953 granting the petition for certiorari of the private respondents.

The Antecedents

Respondents Efren S. Almuete, Johnny Ila and Joel Lloren were charged with violating Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended, in the Regional Trial Court of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 27, docketed as Criminal Case No. 2672. The accusatory portion reads:

That on or about the early morning of August 15, 1993, at night time purposely sought to better accomplish their end...