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PEOPLE vs Rodrigo Almazan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus RODRIGO ALMAZAN, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 133442 | 2004-03-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Bangued, Abra, Branch 2, convicting the appellant Rodrigo Almazan of murder and sentencing him to suffer an indeterminate penalty of fourteen (14) years, ten (10) months and twenty (20) days of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to eighteen (18) years of reclusion temporal, as maximum. On appeal, the Court of Appeals (CA) rendered its Decision[2] on February 27, 1998 affirming the decision of the trial court but increasing the penalty to reclusion perpetua.[3] The CA certified the case to this Court pursuant to Section 13, Rule 124 of...