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PEOPLE vs. VICENTE RABANILLO y MAGALONG, accused-appellant.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE RABANILLO y MAGALONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130010 | 1999-05-26

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.,

Accused-appellant Vicente Rabanillo (hereafter RABANILLO) was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 43, with the crime of murder in an information[1] whose accusatory portion reads:

That on or about August 9, 1996, at 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon at barangay Amansabina, municipality of Mangaldan, province of Pangasinan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a bladed samurai, with intent to kill, with treachery and evident premeditation, did, then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously hack RAUL MORALES y...