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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO EDAÑO AND NESTOR EDAÑO, ACCUSED, ANTONIO EDAÑO ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ANTONIO EDAÑO AND NESTOR EDAÑO, ACCUSED, ANTONIO EDAÑO ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 206970 | 2015-07-29

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
Before us for review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00846 dated 28 August 2012 which affirmed the Judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Carigara, Leyte, Branch 13 in Criminal Case No. 2881 finding accused-appellant Antonio Edaño guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

Accused-appellant, together with co-accused Nestor Edaño (Nestor) was charged with murder in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about the 21st day of March, 1999 in the [M]unicipality of Leyte,...