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People vs. Sevillano y Retanal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. OSCAR SEVILLANO Y RETANAL ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 200800 | 2015-02-09

FIRST DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
For this Court’s resolution is the appeal filed by Oscar Sevillano y Retanal (appellant) assailing the 17 August 2011 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 04257 which affirmed the Regional Trial Court’s (RTC) 4 December 2009 Judgment[2] finding the appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
Appellant was charged before the RTC, Branch 17, Manila with murder in an information that reads:
 
That on or about March 11, 2007, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, with intent to...