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PEOPLE vs Edmundo Briones Aytalin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDMUNDO BRIONES AYTALIN, appellant.

G.R. No. 134138 | 2001-06-21

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Absent any qualifying circumstance, the crime should be merely homicide, not murder. In order to qualify the killing as murder, evident premeditation or treachery must be established as clearly as the killing itself.

The Case

Before us is an appeal filed by Edmundo Briones Aytalin, assailing the May 13, 1998 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City (Branch 97) in Criminal Case No. Q-91-26824. The Decision convicted him of murder, sentenced him to reclusion perpetua, and ordered him to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P500,000.

In the Information dated November 25, 1995,...