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JOSE “PEPE” SANICO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND JENNIFER SON-TENIO, RESPONDENTS.

JOSE “PEPE” SANICO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND JENNIFER SON-TENIO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 198753 | 2015-03-25

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
The dismissal by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of an appeal by an accused on the ground of his failure to submit his memorandum on appeal should be nullified because the pertinent rule of procedure governing the appeal specifies such submission as optional on his part, and commands the resolution of the appeal by the RTC on the basis of the records of the trial court and of any memoranda of appeal as the parties may file in the case.
 
The Case
 
This appeal directly assails the resolution promulgated on April 14, 2011 in C.A.-G.R. CR UDK No. 0019 entitled People of the...