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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ARNOLD T. AGCANAS, Accused-Appeellant.

Republic of the Philippines vs. Arnold T. Agcanas

G.R. No. 174476 | 2011-10-11



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


EN BANC


G.R. No. 174476               October 11, 2011


PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

ARNOLD T. AGCANAS, Accused-Appellant.


D E C I S I O N


SERENO, J.:


For the automatic review of this Court is the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00845 convicting the accused of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to pay damages.


The antecedent facts are as follows:


On 8 May 2000, the provincial prosecutor of Laoag City charged the accused with murder in the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 16, Laoag City, under...