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Dolores Magno vs. People of the Philippines

DOLORES MAGNO, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 133896 | 2006-01-27


SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

GARCIA, J.: 

Petitioner Dolores Magno appeals from the March 12, 1998 decision[1] and May 20, 1998 resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 16033, affirming an earlier decision of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City in Criminal Cases No. 8804-R and 8806-R which found petitioner guilty of two (2) counts of libel. 

Records yield the following pertinent facts: 

For around twenty (20) years, petitioner Dolores Magno (Dolores) and Cerelito T. Alejandro (Cerelito) have been neighbors at Pucay Village, Marcos Highway, Baguio City. The land on which the Magnos' house stands...