In criminal cases, an appeal throws the entire case wide open for review ... correct errors ... reverse the trial court's decision

"In criminal cases, "an appeal throws the entire case wide open for review and the reviewing tribunal can correct errors, though unassigned in the appealed judgment, or even reverse the trial court's decision based on grounds other than those that the parties raised as errors. The appeal confers the appellate court full jurisdiction over the case and renders such court competent to examine records, revise the judgment appealed from, increase the penalty, and cite the proper provision of the penal law."


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Link/Source: See People v. Alejandro, G.R. No. 225608, March 13, 2017, citing People v. Comboy, G.R. No. 218399, March 2, 2016, 785 SCRA 512, 521.


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[2017V499] JEFFREY MIGUEL Y REMEGIO, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.