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People vs. Banez y Baylon et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RANDY BAÑEZ Y BAYLON AND RAMIL BAÑEZ Y BAYLON, AND FELIX RUFINO (AT LARGE), ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 198057 | 2015-09-21

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
The instant case seeks to reverse and set aside the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[1] dated April 29, 2011 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00581-MIN. The CA upheld the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Surallah, South Cotabato, Branch 26, dated October 1, 2007 in Criminal Case No. 2645-B, which found accused-appellants Randy Bañez y Baylon and Ramil Bañez y Baylon guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

On December 14, 1999, an Information was filed indicting the Bañez brothers and Felix Rufino for the murder of Sevino Baylon, to wit:
 
That on or...