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People vs. Zabala y Balada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDGARDO ZABALA y BALADA AND ROMEO ALBIUS JR. y BAUTISTA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 203087 | 2015-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before us is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated February 2, 2012 of the Court of Appeals (Of) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 04847 which affirmed in toto the Judgment[2] dated September 29, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 38, Daet, Camarines Norte finding appellants Edgardo B. Zabala and Romeo B. Albius, Jr. guilty of the crime of murder and sentenced them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

In an Information[3] dated April 22, 2004, appellants were charged with murder before the RTC of Daet, Camarines Norte, the accusatory portion of which reads as...