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People vs. Casemiro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALEX CASEMIRO AND JOSE CATALAN, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 231122 | 2019-01-16

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal[1] from the October 28, 2016 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 02085 which affirmed with modification the May 26, 2015 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gandara, Samar, Branch 41 in Criminal Case No. 10-0474.

The Facts

Accused-appellants Alex Casemiro (accused-appellant Casemiro) and Jose Catalan, Jr. (accused-appellant Catalan) were charged with murder in an Information[4] which reads:
 
That on or about the 16th day of April, 2010, at about 9:00 x x x in the evening in Barangay Catorse[5] de Agosto,...