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People vs. Lalap

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIO LALAP, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 250895 | 2021-06-16

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This is an appeal[1] assailing the Decision[2] dated May 29, 2018 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 09221 which affirmed the Decision[3] dated June 24, 2015 of Branch 40, Regional Trial Court (RTC), City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro in Criminal Case No. C-5407. The RTC found Mario Lalap (accused-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
 
The Antecedents

The case stemmed from an Information[4] charging accused-appellant with Murder under Article 248 of the RPC, which reads:
 
That on or about the 4th...