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People vs. Tuardon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDWIN TUARDON Y ROSALIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 225644 | 2017-03-01

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the October 29, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00053, which affirmed with modification, the March 30, 2004 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 61, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (RTC), finding accused-appellant Edwin Tuardon y Rosalia (Tuardon) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder in Criminal Case No. 99-2257 and of Frustrated Murder in Criminal Case No. 99-2258.

The Antecedents

On May 28, 1999, Tuardon and his co-accused Ronnel Dima-ala y Dimapiles (Dima-ala) were charged before...