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PEOPLE vs Rufino Mallari

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RUFINO MALLARI y ILAG, appellant.

G.R. No. 145993 | 2003-06-17

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In its decision of 16 June 2000, in Criminal Case No. 9621-B, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 25, of Biñan, Laguna, convicted appellant RUFINO MALLARI y ILAG of murder and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death for having fatally bumped Joseph Galang with an Isuzu Canter Elf truck.

On 12 December 1996, an information[1] for Murder was filed against Rufino, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about July 7, 1996, in the Municipality of Sta. Rosa, Province of Laguna, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, accused Rufino Mallari y Ilag, with intent to...