THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 239329. July 31, 2019.]
- JURIS TITLE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.MARJUN DE GUZMAN y WABE, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, Third Division, issued a Resolution datedJuly 31, 2019, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 239329 (PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee v. MARJUN DE GUZMAN y WABE, accused-appellant). — The Court of Appeals elevated the records of this case to this Court in accordance with its May 8, 2018 Resolution, 1 which gave due course to the Notice of Appeal filed by accused-appellant Marjun De Guzman y Wabe.
In its July 2, 2018 Resolution, 2 this Court noted the records of this case forwarded by the Court of Appeals and informed accused-appellant and plaintiff-appellee People of the Philippines, through the Office of the Solicitor General, that they may file their supplemental briefs.
In its October 17, 2018 Resolution, 3 this Court noted the separate Manifestations filed by accused-appellant and plaintiff-appellee, stating that they would no longer file supplemental briefs.
After an evaluation of the case records, this Court resolves to dismiss the appeal of accused-appellant for his failure to sufficiently show any reversible error in the assailed Court of Appeals' March 27, 2018 Decision 4 as to warrant the exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, this Court AFFIRMS the March 27, 2018 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01671. Accused-appellant Marjun De Guzman y Wabe is sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and is ordered to pay a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00).
SO ORDERED." (Reyes, A., Jr., J., on wellness leave.)
Very truly yours,
WILFREDO V. LAPITANDivision Clerk of Court
By:
(SGD.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG IIIDeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. CA rollo, p. 96.
2.Rollo, pp. 17-18.
3.Id. at 30-31.
4.Id. at 3-10. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Edgardo T. Lloren, and concurred in by Associate Justices Ruben Reynaldo G. Roxas and Walter S. Ong of the Special Twenty-Third Division, Court of Appeals, Cagayan de Oro City.