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Belen vs. People [DECISION]

MEDEL ARNALDO B. BELEN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 211120 | 2017-02-13

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse and set aside the Decision[1]dated April 12, 2013 of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated June 2, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 32, in Criminal Case No. 15332-SP, convicting petitioner Medel Arnaldo B. Belen of the crime of libel.

On March 12, 2004, petitioner, then a practicing lawyer and now a former Judge,[3] filed a criminal complaint for estafa against his uncle, Nezer D. Belen, Sr....