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People of the Philippines Vs. Romeo Satonero @ Ruben

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROMEO SATONERO @ RUBEN, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 186233 | 2009-10-02

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated July 11, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00220 which affirmed the May 16, 2003 Decision[2] in Criminal Case No. 39-98 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 17 in Kidapawan City, Cotabato. The RTC found accused-appellant Romeo Satonero guilty of the crime of murder and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Facts

In an information dated February 26, 1998, accused-appellant was charged with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about December 25, 1997, in the Municipality of Tulunan, Province...