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Cesar Barrera vs PEOPLE

CESAR BARRERA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 134727 | 2001-02-19

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals[2] dated March 25, 1998 in C.A. G.R. CR No. 19650, and its Resolution[3] dated July 24, 1998 denying the motion for reconsideration.

The petitioner, Cesar Barrera, and his erstwhile co-accused, Domingo Lazo and Celedonio Itape, were charged with the crime of murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, in an Information that reads:

That on or about May 24, 1981 in the evening at Brgy. Mayapa, Calamba, Laguna and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above named accused,...