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PEOPLE vs Catalino Duenas Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus CATALINO DUENAS, JR. Appeellant.

G.R. No. 151286 | 2004-03-31

D E C I S I O N

CORONA J.:

Before us on automatic review is the decision,[1] dated October 26, 2001, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Baler, Aurora, Branch 96, in Criminal Case No. 2220 finding the appellant, Catalino Dueñas, Jr., guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder qualified by evident premeditation and attended by the aggravating circumstance of recidivism. Appellant was sentenced to death.

On April 1, 1997, Provincial Prosecutor Charlaw W. Ronquillo filed with the RTC Baler, Aurora an information charging appellant with the crime of murder:

That at about 8:00 o'clock in the morning on November 29, 1996 at Gabgab...