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PEOPLE vs SPO1 Virgilio Brecinio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. SPO1 VIRGILIO G. BRECINIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 138534 | 2004-03-17

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated October 15, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Santa Cruz, Laguna, Branch 28, in Criminal Case No. SC-6476, finding herein appellant, SPO1 Virgilio G. Brecinio, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder for the killing of one Alberto Pagtananan.

Appellant Brecinio was originally charged with homicide thru reckless imprudence in the Municipal Trial Court of Pagsanjan, Laguna by the PNP Chief of Police of Pagsanjan, Laguna.[2] However, upon intervention of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and after a re-investigation conducted by the Office of...