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PEOPLE Vs. Gabriel Cipriano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GABRIEL CIPRIANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 113018 | 1998-06-05

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

Accused-appellant Gabriel Cipriano has come to this Court praying for the reversal of the decision 1 of the Regional Trial, Court, Branch 6-A, of Palo, Leyte, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder for the violent death of Cresencia Marisol.

In an information 2 filed on August 15, 1990 and docketed as Criminal Case No. 90-08-339, appellant was charged with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 3rd day of February 1990, in the City of Tacloban, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused with deliberate intent to kill and with...