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People vs. Japag

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DANILO JAPAG AND ALVIN LIPORADA, ACCUSED, DANILO JAPAG, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 223155 | 2018-07-23

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Assailed in this appeal is the May 21, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC. No. 01807 which affirmed with modification the October 29, 2013 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 13, Carigara, Leyte, finding appellant Danilo Japag guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

The Antecedent Facts

Appellant, together with his co-accused, Alvin Liporada (Liporada), was charged with the, crime of murder in an Information[3] dated May 11, 2009 which reads:
 
That on or about the 16th day of March, 2009[,] in the Municipality of...