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People of the Philippines vs. Ronan P. Dulanas.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus RONAN P. DULANAS,* Appeellant.

G.R. No. 159058 | 2006-05-03

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.

In its decision dated January 28, 2000, in Criminal Case No. 24,413-91, the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 15, found appellant Ronan P. Dulanas guilty of homicide. On appeal, the Court of Appeals in its decision [1] of July 18, 2003, found appellant guilty of murder and imposed upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua. As required by the former provisions of Section 13, Rule 124 of the Rules of Court, [2] the Court of Appeals refrained from entering judgment and certified the case to the Supreme Court for review. 

The antecedent facts of this case, culled from the...