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People vs. Rodendo Rebucan y Lamsin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,vs.ROSENDO REBUCAN y LAMSIN, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182551 | 2011-07-27

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

Assailed before this Court is the Decision[1] dated August 21, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00282, which modified the Decision[2] dated November 3, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Carigara, Leyte, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. 4232.  In the Decision of the Court of Appeals, the accused-appellant Rosendo Rebucan y Lamsin was adjudged guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two (2) separate counts of murder and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count.

On January 23, 2003, the accused-appellant was charged with the...