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Punzalan v. de la Pena

ROSALINDA PUNZALAN, RANDALL PUNZALAN and RAINIER PUNZALAN, versus DENCIO DELA PENAand ROBERT CAGARA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158543 | 2004-07-21

DECISION 


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

Assailed in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court is the June 6, 2002 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals and its May 23, 2003 Resolution which denied petitioners' motion for reconsideration. 

The Punzalan and the Plata families were neighbors in Hulo Bliss, Mandaluyong City. At around 11:00 p.m. of August 13, 1997, Dencio dela Peña, a house boarder of the Platas, was in front of a store near their house when the group of Rainier Punzalan, Randall Punzalan, Ricky Eugenio, Jose Gregorio, Alex "Toto" Ofrin, and several others arrived. Ricky Eugenio shouted at Dela...