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People of the Phil. Vs. Ricardo Notarion Y Zanoria

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICARDO NOTARION y ZANORIA, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 181493 | 2008-08-28

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 02103, dated 24 August 2007,[1] affirming with modifications the Decision of the Masbate Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 49, in Criminal Case No. 1511,[2] finding accused-appellant Ricardo Notarion y Zanoria guilty of the special complex crime of rape with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death.

The facts gathered from the records are as follows:

On 28 November 2001, an Information[3] was filed with the RTC charging appellant with the special complex crime of rape with homicide. The accusatory portion of...