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PEOPLE vs Orlando Javier.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ORLANDO JAVIER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 142996 | 2002-07-11

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On automatic review is the decision dated March 2, 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. R-4231, finding herein accused-appellant Orlando Javier guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and imposing upon him the penalty of death.

In an Information filed on September 4, 1997, accused-appellant was charged with murder committed as follows:

That on or about 2nd day of September, 1997 at around 6:30 o'clock in the evening, in Barangay San Roque II, Municipality of San Jose, Province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines and within the...