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PEOPLE vs Rafael Torres, Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RAFAEL D. TORRES, JR., appellant.

G.R. No. 138046 | 2000-12-08

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Due process demands that the procedure for the identification of criminal suspects be free from impermissible suggestion. In the present case, appellant failed to show that there was such an irregularity.

The Case

Rafael D. Torres Jr. appeals the February 22, 1999 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City (Branch 104), finding him guilty of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an Information[2] dated January 2, 1989, Assistant City Prosecutor Virgilio M. Gilera charged appellant with murder allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about the 16th day of December, 1987, in...