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Arthur Zarate Vs. Regional Trial Court, Br. Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental

ARTHUR ZARATE, Petitioner, versus REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 43, GINGOOG CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 152263 | 2009-07-03

D E C I S I O N


PERALTA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 20710 dated September 28, 2001, which affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, Branch 43 (trial court), finding petitioner Arthur Zarate guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of frustrated homicide.

The Information[2] dated May 24, 1994 filed against Zarate was for frustrated murder, thus:

That on or about the 1st day of April 1994, at more or less 10:00 o'clock in the evening, at Barangay 9, Gingoog City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this...