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PEOPLE vs Gerrymel Estillore

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. GERRYMEL ESTILLORE y POSTICO, appellant.

G.R. No. 140348 | 2003-07-18

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

On August 1, 1997, appellant Gerrymel Estillore y Postico was charged before the Cavite City Regional Trial Court (RTC) with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about April 2, 1997 in the municipality of Rosario, Province of Cavite, Philippines, a place within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, with treachery and evident premeditation and taking advantage of superior strength, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, attack, assault and set on fire one Mary Jane Del Carmen with the use of gas or combustible liquid...