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PEOPLE vs Adriano Arca

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ADRIANO ARCA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135857 | 2003-06-18

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated March 12, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Borongan, Eastern Samar, Branch 2, convicting appellant Adriano Arca in Criminal Case No. 10866, for the murder of Rommel Godornez. Appellant was sentenced to death, as well as to indemnify the victim's heirs in the sum of P50,000, and to pay the costs.

Appellant was charged under the Information dated July 17, 1997, as follows:

That on July 16, 1997, at about 9:00 o'clock in the morning, at Barangay Maypangdan, Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...