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People vs. Pentecostes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. LIBERATO PENTECOSTES Y CRONICO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 226158 | 2017-11-08

D E C I S I O N
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
This is an Appeal[1] under Section 13, Rule 124 of the Rules of Court from the Decision[2] dated September 4, 2015 (questioned Decision) of the Court of Appeals, Special Fourteenth Division (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06498. The questioned Decision affirmed the Decision[3] dated December 28, 2012 rendered by the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Camarines Sur, Branch 58 (RTC), in Criminal Case No. T-2830, which found herein accused-appellant Liberato C. Pentecostes (Liberato) guilty of the crime of Murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code.
 
The accusatory portion of the...