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People vs. Layug

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. WILFREDO LAYUG, NOEL BUAN AND REYNALDO LANGIT, ACCUSED, WILFREDO LAYUG AND NOEL BUAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 223679 | 2017-09-27

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA,** J.:
 
For consideration of this Court is the appeal of the Decision[1] dated April 23, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 03500 affirming with modification the Decision[2] dated December 20, 2007 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 5, Dinalupihan, Bataan in Criminal Case No. DH-1204-01, finding appellants Wilfredo Layug and Noel Buan guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of robbery with homicide.

The facts follow.

According to Analiza L. Paule (Analiza), a state witness, around 7 o'clock in the evening of June 1, 2001, she was at the plaza in Barangay...