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PEOPLE vs. Sotero Reyes

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SOTERO REYES alias "TURING", accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137494-95 | 2001-10-25

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on automatic review of the consolidated decision,[1] dated November 11, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 4, Batangas City, finding accused-appellant Sotero Reyes guilty of murder and illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death for the crime of murder and to imprisonment of six (6) years, eight (8) months, and one (1) day of prision mayor and its accessory penalties plus a fine of P30,000.00 and to pay the costs for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

The information in Criminal Case No. 8773 for murder alleged:

That on...