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People vs. Berk

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. SAMSON BERKY BA VOGAN, Accused-Appellant. Present: VELASCO, JR., J. Chairperson, PERALTA, PEREZ, REYES, and CAGUIOA, * JJ.

G.R. No. 204896 | 2016-12-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
This is an appeal assailing the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04573 dated 29 June 2012 which dismissed the appeal of appellant Samson Berk y Bayogan and affirmed with modification the Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Branch 39, in Criminal Case No. L-8391, which found appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder. 
 
Appellant and his co-accused Jeneto Serencio (Serencio) were charged before the RTC of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Branch 39 with murder as...