TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Timeliness of Appeal 1

Statement of Facts 1

Statement of the Case 2

Issues 4

Assignment of Errors 4

Arguments 5

Prayer 21

Cases Cited:

1. PEOPLE VS. LIM, G.R. NO. 231989, SEPT. 4, 2018 5

2. US VS. RAWLIN, 606 F. 3D 73 (2010) 5
3. PEOPLE VS. MALILIN, 576 PHIL 576 (2008) 5
4. PEOPLE VS. SUAN, G.R. NO. 184546,FEB. 22, 2010 6
5. PEOPLE VS. ISMAEL, G.R. NO. 202093, FEB. 20, 2017 6
6. PEOPLE VS. HAVANA, G.R. NO. 198450, JAN. 11, 2016 6
7. PEOPLE VS. MAGAT, G.R. NO. 179939, SEPT. 29, 2008 6
8. PEOPLE VS. NANDI, 639 PHIL. 134, 144-145, [2010] 9

9. PEOPLE VS. GONZALES, G.R. NO. 191366, DEC. 13, 2000 9

10. PEOPLE VS. ADRID, G.R. NO. 211845, MAR. 6, 2013 10

11. PEOPLE VS. SIPIN, G.R. NO. 224290, JUNE 11, 2018 14

12. PEOPLE VS. MOLA, G.R. NO. 226481, APR. 18, 2018 15
13. PEOPLE VS. RAMOS, G.R. NO. 233744, FEB. 28, 2018 15

14. PEOPLE VS. UMIPANG, G.R. NO. 190321, APR. 25, 2012 15
15. PEOPLE VS. CRESPO, G.R. NO. 230065, MAR. 14, 2018 16
16. PEOPLE VS. GAYOSO, G.R. NO. 206590, MAR. 22, 2017 19
17. DURAN VS. CA, 71 SCRA 68 20
18. PEOPLE VS. MENDOZA, G.R. NO. 192432, JUNE 23, 2014 20
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Judgment, Criminal Case Nos. 2017-24929 to 24930
RTC, Branch 30, Dumaguete City