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People of the Philippines Vs. Roberto Asis and Julius Penaranda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROBERTO ASIS and JULIUS PENARANDA, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 177573 | 2010-07-07

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Assailed before this Court is the Decision[1] dated July 31, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 02293, which affirmed the Decision[2] dated July 28, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 95, in Criminal Case No. Q-98-77356, finding accused-appellants Roberto Asis and Julius Peñaranda guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

In the court of origin, accused-appellants were charged with the crime of Murder in an Information[3] dated June 10, 1998. The crime was alleged to have been committed...