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People of the Philippines Vs. Bobby Torres

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. REYNALDO TORRES, JAY TORRES, BOBBY TORRES@ ROBERTO TORRES y NAVA, and RONNIE TORRES, Accused, BOBBY TORRES @ ROBERTO TORRES y NAVA, Accused-Appellant,

G.R. No. 189850 | 2014-09-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the July 23, 2009 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02925, which modified the December 5, 2006 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Manila, Branch 27 in Criminal Case No. 02-200171. The RTC found appellant Bobby Torres @Roberto Torres y Nava (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder but on appeal, the CA found appellant guilty of the special complex crime of robbery with homicide.

Factual Antecedents

On January 28, 2004, an Amended lnformation3 was filed before the...