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PEOPLE vs Roland Molina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLAND MOLINA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 134777-78 | 2000-07-24

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision[1] dated February 26, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Bangued, Abra, Branch 2, in Criminal Case No. 1757 finding Roland Molina guilty of murder for killing Joseph Bon-ao and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death. In Criminal Case No. 1758 which was tried jointly with Criminal Case No. 1757, the trial court found Molina likewise guilty of frustrated murder committed against Angelito Bon-ao.

The information for each crime reads as follows:

CRIMINAL CASE NO. 1757 for Murder

That on or about the 4th day of March, 1996, at around midnight, at...