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Valcesar Estioca Y Macamay Vs. People of the Phil

VALCESAR ESTIOCA y MACAMAY, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173876 | 2008-06-27

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

In this Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court,[1] petitioner Valcesar Estioca y Macamay prays for the reversal of the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 00036 dated 30 June 2006, affirming with modification the Decision[3] and Order[4] dated 5 April 2004 and 17 August 2004, respectively, of the Ozamiz City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 35, in Criminal Case No. 3054, finding him guilty of robbery under Article 299, subdivision (a), number (2) of the Revised Penal Code.

Culled from the records are the following facts:

On 31 July 2001, an...