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Tony Figueroa, et al. vs. The People.

TONY N. FIGUEROA and ROGELIO J. FLAVIANO, Petitioners, versus THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159813 | 2006-08-09

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

GARCIA, J.: 

Assailed and sought to be set aside in this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court is the Decision[1] dated October 11, 2002 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 17235, affirming in toto an earlier decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Davao City, Branch 17, which found herein petitioners guilty of the crime of libel. 

The antecedent facts: 

On March 24, 1992, in the RTC of Davao City, the city prosecutor of Davao, at the instance of one Aproniano Rivera, filed an Information[2] for libel under Article 355 in relation to Article 360 of the...