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Avella Garcia vs. The Honorable Court of Appeals, et al.

AVELLA GARCIA, Petitioner, versus THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 128213 | 2005-12-13

D E C I S I O N 


AZCUNA, J.: 

In an Information dated March 18, 1992, petitioner Avella[1] Garcia (Avella) was charged with Falsification of a Private Document, defined and penalized under Article 172 (2), in relation to Article 171 (6), of the Revised Penal Code. The accusatory portion reads: 

That on or about the month of January, 1991 in Pasay City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, Abella Garcia, being then in possession of a receipt for Five Thousand Pesos dated January 21, 1991 issued by one Alberto Quijada, Jr. as partial down payment [sic] of the sale of a house...