PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILLINGTON NEVADO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
Decisions / Signed Resolutions November 27, 2014 SPECIAL EIGHTEENTH DIVISION INGLES, G. T., J.:
INGLES, G. T., J.:
On record is a Motion to Withdraw Appea1[l] filed by the accused-appellant, through counsel on December 1, 2014. Attached to the motion is accused-appellant’s handwritten letter dated November 27, 2014[2] expressing his desire to withdraw this appeal and further stating therein that he fully understands that should his motion to withdraw appeal be granted, the trial court’s Decision dated January 5, 2012 becomes final and executory. The Office of the Solicitor General
[1] Pages 64-66, rollo.
already filed an appellee’s brief making the approval of the accused-appellant’s motion to withdraw appeal discretionary upon this Court[3].
WHEREFORE, accused-appellant’s Motion to Withdraw Appeal is hereby GRANTED and this case is hereby declared WITHDRAWN and considered CLOSED and TERMINATED. Let the records of this case be removed from the docket of this Court.
SO ORDERED.
Maxino, P.A.A., and *Lagura-Yap, M.B., JJ., concur.
[1] Pages 64-66, rollo.
[2] Page 68, rollo.
*Acting Junior Member in lieu of J. Renato C. Francisco’s leave of absence as per Office Order No. 29-14-GTI dated 22 December 2014.
[3] Section 18, Rule 124 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure in relation to Section 3, Rule 50 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.