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People vs. Lipata

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. GERRY LIPATA Y ORTIZA, APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 200302 | 2016-04-20

D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

G.R. No. 200302 is an appeal[1] assailing the Decision[2] promulgated on 31 May 2011 by the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04461. The CA affirmed the Decision[3] dated 23 March 2010 of Branch 85 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City (RTC) in Criminal Case No. Q-05-136584. The RTC found appellant Gerry Lipata y Ortiza (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. The RTC also ordered appellant to pay damages to the heirs of Rolando Cueno (Cueno).[4]
 
The Facts

Appellant...