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People of the Philippines Vs. Antero Gamez y Baltazar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ANTERO GAMEZy BALTAZAR, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 202847 | 2013-10-23

FIRST DIVISION

RESOLUTION

REYES, J.:

For review1 is the Decision2 dated May 25, 2011 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00671 which affirmed the Judgment dated May 9, 2006 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Burauen, Leyte, Branch 15, convicting and sentencing accused-appellant Antero Gamez y Baltazar (accused-appellant) to reclusion perpetua for the crime of parricide.

The Facts

Accused-appellant was accused of killing his own father, Apolinario Gamez (Apolinario) through an Information articulating the following criminal charges, viz:

That on or about the 21st day of August, 2004, in the...