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People vs. Campit

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CRESENCIO CAMPIT y CRISTO and EMILIO MACAWILI, Accused, CRESENCIO CAMPIT y CRISTO, Accused-Appellant. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, BERSAMIN,* LEONEN, MARTIRES, and GESMUNDO, ** JJ.

G.R. No. 225794 | 2017-12-06

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
On appeal is the 16 July 2015 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 06800, which affirmed the 20 March 2014 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court of Calauag, Quezon, Branch 63, in Criminal Case No. 5323-C finding herein accused-appellant Cresencio Campit y Cristo (Cresencio) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
 
THE FACTS
 
In an Information, 3 dated 16 September 2008, Cam pit and accused Emilio Macawili (Emilio)...