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Raul Escalante Vs. People of the Philippines, et al.

RAUL B. ESCALANTE, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THEHONORABLECOURTOF APPEALS, FORMER SPECIAL TWENTIETH DIVISION and EIGHTEENTH DIVISION, COURT OF APPEALS, CEBU CITY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 192727 | 2013-01-09




FIRST DIVISION

RESOLUTION

REYES, J.:

Nature of the Petition

Before this Court is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to annul and set aside the Decision1 dated June 24, 2008 and Resolution2 dated March 4, 2009 issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 27673 which, inter alia, affirmed the conviction of Raul B. Escalante (petitioner) for violation of Section 261 (q) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 (BP 881), otherwise known as the "Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines".

The Antecedent Facts

The instant case stemmed from two (2) separate Informations that were filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of...