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PEOPLE Vs. Estelito C. Estrella

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTELITO ESTRELLA Y COLLARIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 92506-07 | 1993-04-28

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

In two informations filed in the Regional Trial Court, Valenzuela, Metro Manila, appellant was charged in Criminal Case No. 7581-V-86 with Qualified Theft punishable under Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code and in Criminal Case No. 7582-V-86 with Murder punishable under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code.

After a joint trial and in a joint decision, appellant was acquitted in Criminal Case No. 7581-V-86 and convicted in Criminal Case No. 7582-V-86.

Appellant appealed from the decision of the trial court finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Murder and sentencing him "to suffer the penalty of...