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People of the Philippines Vs. Hermogenes De Guzman @ Mong

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HERMOGENES DE GUZMAN @ Mong, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 192250 | 2012-07-11

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N



MENDOZA, J.:

           This is an appeal from the February 9, 2010 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 03458, which affirmed the May 2, 2008 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 45, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (RTC), in Criminal Case No. R-5285, finding accused Hermogenes De Guzman @ Mong (De Guzman) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.


THE FACTS

           De Guzman was...