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PEOPLE vs Jose Larry Colonia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JOSE LARRY COLONIA, appellant.

G.R. No. 138541 | 2003-06-12

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated September 17, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Malaybalay City, Branch 9, in Criminal Case No. 6725-94, finding herein appellant, Jose Larry Colonia, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder for killing Leonardo Mallari. His brothers and co-accused, Eduardo and Rene Colonia, were acquitted of the charge.

The appellant and his co-accused were charged with the crime of murder as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code in an Information[2] which read:

That on or about the 2nd day of January 1994, at dawn, at Purok 2, Barangay...