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People vs. Casas y Vintulan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. BENJAMIN CASAS Y VINTULAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 212565 | 2015-02-25

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Before the Court is an ordinary appeal[1] filed by accused-appellant Benjamin Casas y Vintulan (Casas) assailing the Decision[2] dated November 20, 2013 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC. No. 05313 which affirmed the Decision[3] dated November 4, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 160 (RTC) in Crim. Case Nos. 136842and 136843, finding Casas guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of Murder and Attempted Homicide under Articles 248 and 249 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), respectively.
 
The Facts
 
Two (2) criminal Informations were...