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PEOPLE vs Sergio Caratao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SERGIO A. CARATAO, appellant.

G.R. No. 126281 | 2003-06-10

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

Sergio A. Caratao appeals from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Libertad, Butuan City, Branch 3, in Criminal Case No. 5143, dated December 22, 1995, finding him guilty of murder, as follows:

WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing findings of facts and law, with the attendan[ce] of the qualifying circumstance of treachery, the court finds the accused Sergio A. Caratao guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder under Art. 248, Revised Penal Code. Republic Act No. 7659 defining heinous crimes was not yet passed and effective at the time of the commission of the crime. Accused Sergio A....