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People vs. Lusabio [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PABLO LUSABIO, JR. y VERGARA, Accused-Appeellant, TOMASITO DE LOS SANTOS and JOHN DOE, Accused

G.R. No. 186119 | 2009-10-27

D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
On appeal before Us is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01462 dated 9 November 2007, which affirmed the decision dated 24 September 2004[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bulan, Sorsogon, Branch 65, in Criminal Cases No. 01-459 and No. 01-464.

The antecedents are as follows:

For the death of Edwin Labini on 12 June 2001, an information was filed on 14 September 2001 before Branch 65 of the RTC of Bulan, Sorsogon, charging accused-appellant Pablo Lusabio, Jr., Tomasito de los Santos and one John Doe with Murder. The case was docketed as Criminal Case...