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People vs. Umapas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. JOSE BELMAR UMAPAS Y CRISOSTOMO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 215742 | 2017-03-22


D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before this Court is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated February 26, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05424. The CA affirmed with modification the Decision[2] dated October 10, 2011 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Olongapo City in Criminal Case No. 611-98 which convicted appellant Jose Belmar Umapas y Crisostomo of parricide.

The facts are as follows:

In the evening of November 30, 1998, around 11 o'clock, appellant mauled his wife Gemma Gulang Umapas (Gemma) and, with the use of alcohol intended for a coleman or lantern, doused her with it and set her ablaze...