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People of the Philippines Vs. Fernando Sameniano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus FERNANDO SAMENIANO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 183703 | 2009-01-20

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the February 26, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02525, which affirmed the August 1, 2006 judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 32 in Pili, Camarines Sur in Criminal Case No. P-2924. The RTC convicted accused-appellant Fernando Sameniano of murder and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua.

The Facts

On August 24, 1999 at around 10:00 p.m., Norming de los Santos and his cousin, Roberto de los Santos, were asleep in a nipa hut at an abaca plantation in Sitio Kaunlong, Brgy. Gatbo, Ocampo, Camarines Sur when three men suddenly...