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Michael Padua Vs. People of the Philippines

MICHAEL PADUA, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 168546 | 2008-07-23

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review assails the Decision[1] dated April 19, 2005 and Resolution[2] dated June 14, 2005, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 86977 which had respectively dismissed Michael Padua's petition for certiorari and denied his motion for reconsideration. Padua's petition for certiorari before the Court of Appeals assailed the Orders dated May 11, 2004[3] and July 28, 2004[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 168, Pasig City, which had denied his petition for probation.

The facts, culled from the records, are as follows:

On June 16, 2003, petitioner Michael Padua and Edgar Allan Ubalde...