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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. REX NIMUAN Y CACHO, APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. REX NIMUAN Y CACHO, APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 182458 | 2011-03-21

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

We decide the appeal filed by appellant Rex Nimuan y Cacho from the August 16, 2007 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C.No. 00844.1   

THE FACTUAL ANTECEDENTS
 
On August 23, 2004, the appellant was accused2 of murder 3 in the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 31, Agoo, La Union.4 The appellant pleaded not guilty on arraignment.5 In the trial that followed, an eyewitness - Alfredo Ruiz, the brother of the victim (Jun Ruiz) and the appellant's first cousin - testified on the details of the crime.
 
In the afternoon of July 22, 2004,...