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NILO MACAYAN, JR. Y MALANA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

NILO MACAYAN, JR. Y MALANA, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 175842 | 2015-03-18

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONEN, J.:

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari praying that the assailed Decision[1] dated June 31, 2006 of the Court of Appeals be reversed and set aside and that a new one be rendered acquitting petitioner Nilo Macayan, Jr.
 
The assailed Decision of the Court of Appeals affirmed with modification (by increasing the duration of the penalty) the Decision[2] dated November 15, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, which found Nilo Macayan, Jr. (Macayan) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of robbery.
 
In the Information dated February 20, 2001, Macayan was charged...