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People vs. Samuel Anod 597 SCRA 205

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus SAMUEL ANOD, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 186420 | 2009-08-25

RESOLUTION

NACHURA, J.:

Before this Court is an Appeal,[1] assailing the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[2] dated August 27, 2008 which affirmed with modification the Decision[3] dated July 3, 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Branch 29, finding appellant Samuel Anod (appellant) and his co-accused Lionel Lumbayan (Lumbayan) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder committed against Erlando Costan (Costan).

The Facts

Appellant and Lumbayan were charged with the crime of Murder in an Information dated June 23, 1997 which reads:

That on or about 10:30 o'clock (sic) in the evening, more or less, of...