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People of the Philippines Vs. Benito Ballesteros y Gragasin.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus BENITO BALLESTEROS y GRAGASIN, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 172696 | 2008-08-11

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

We review in this appeal the decision[1] and resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated July 26, 2005 and September 26, 2005, respectively, in CA-G.R. CR No. 00460. The challenged decision affirmed the decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 27, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya convicting the appellant Benito Ballesteros (appellant) of the crime of murder and meting him the penalty of reclusion perpetua. The assailed resolution, on the other hand, denied the appellant's motion for reconsideration.

ANTECEDENT FACTS

The prosecution charged the appellant before the RTC with the crime of murder...