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People of the Philippines Vs. Ildefonso Mendoza y Berizo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LEOZAR DELA CRUZ y BALOBAL, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 188353 | 2010-02-16

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

Leozar Dela Cruz appeals to us the Decision[1] dated February 27, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 02562, which affirmed with modification the September 5, 2006 Decision[2] in Criminal Case No. 03-2871 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 62 in Makati City. The RTC convicted him of the crime of murder qualified by treachery.

The Facts

In an Information[3] filed on August 11, 2003, accused-appellant Leozar Dela Cruz y Balobal was indicted for the crime of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the...