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People vs. Vargas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. ERIC VARGAS Y JAGUARIN AND GINA BAGACINA, ACCUSED, ERIC VARGAS Y JAGUARIN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 230356 | 2019-09-18

DECISION
 
CARPIO, ACTING C.J.:
 
The Case

On appeal is the 15 November 2016 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 07331, which affirmed with modification the Judgment[2] dated 5 February 2015 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iriga City, Branch 60, in Criminal Case No. IR-9351, finding appellant Eric Vargas y Jaguarin (Vargas) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
 
The Facts

On 2 August 2010, Vargas and a certain "Jane Doe" were charged as follows:
 
That on or about the 9th...