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Sec. 1. Title of the case. — In all criminal cases appealed to the Court of Appeals, the party appealing the case shall be called the "appellant" and the adverse party the "appellee," but the title of the case shall remain as it was in the court of origin.

Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure (A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC), Rule 124, Section 1. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against two independent published renderings (ChanRobles and LawPhil).

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This is Section 1 of Rule 124 (Procedure In The Court Of Appeals) of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC and in force since December 1, 2000. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.

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