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People vs. Calinawan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. ROMEO D. CALINAWAN a.k.a "MEO", ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 226145 | 2017-02-13

SECOND DIVISION
DECISION
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the January 30, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04593, which affirmed the July 21, 2010 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Dagupan City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. 2007-0672-D, convicting accused-appellant Romeo D. Calinawan a.k.a "Meo" (Calinawan) of murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
 
In an Information, dated October 24, 2007, Calinawan was charged with murder for killing Janice Nevado Silan (Janice). During his arraignment, he entered a plea of...