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People of the Philippines Vs. Pedro Ortiz, Jr. y Lopez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PEDRO ORTIZ, JR. y LOPES, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188704 | 2010-07-07

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal[1] from the April 29, 2009 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA),[2] in CA-G.R. CR No. 31164, affirming the June 7, 2007 Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Manila (RTC) which found accused Pedro Ortiz, Jr., guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder for the killing of one Loreto Cruz.

Accused Pedro Ortiz, Jr., along with his nephew, Jojo Ortiz, was charged with murder for the killing of Loreto Cruz in two (2) consolidated cases before the Regional Trial Court, Manila, Branch 18. The accusatory portions of the two (2) Informations read:

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