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PEOPLE vs Virgilio Vermudez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIRGILIO VERMUDEZ Y YASAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119464 | 1999-01-28

D E C I S I O N
 
QUISUMBING, J.:
 
Accused-appellant seeks the reversal of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Batac, Ilocos Norte, Branch 17, in Criminal Case No. 2278-17, dated June 18, 1992, declaring him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

In an Amended Information[2] dated November 11, 1985, appellant was charged with the crime of murder allegedly committed as follows:
 
“That on or about the 15th day of May, 1985 at about 4:40 o’clock in the afternoon, at Barangay Tartarabang, municipality (sic) of Pinili, province (sic) of Ilocos Norte, Philippines and within the...