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Antonio Cabador Vs. People of the Philippines

ANTONIO CABADOR, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 186001 | 2009-10-02

DECISION


ABAD, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari, assailing the Court of Appeals' (CA) Decision of August 4, 2008[1] and Resolution of October 28, 2008[2] in CA-G.R. SP 100431 that affirmed the August 31, 2006 Order[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City.

The facts are not disputed.

On June 23, 2000 the public prosecutor accused petitioner Antonio Cabador before the RTC of Quezon City in Criminal Case Q-00-93291 of murdering, in conspiracy with others, Atty. Jun N. Valerio.[4] On February 13, 2006, after presenting only five witnesses over five years of intermittent trial, the RTC declared at an...