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People vs. Latosa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SUSAN LATOSA Y CHICO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 186128 | 2010-06-23

D E C I S I O N
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated April 23, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02192 which affirmed the April 12, 2006 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig City, Branch 159, convicting appellant Susan Latosa y Chico of parricide.

Appellant was charged with parricide in an information[3] which reads,
 
That, on or about the 5th of February 2002, in the Municipality of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, being then the legitimate wife of one...