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PEOPLE vs. Jaime Reyes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAIME REYES y AROGANSIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118649 | 1998-03-09

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

Accused-appellant Jaime Reyes y Arogansia seeks the reversal of the decision 1 of Branch 27 of the Regional Trial Court in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, dated October 5, 1994, declaring him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder as then punished under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, before its amendment by Republic Act No. 7659.

By way of backdrop, appellant was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Parañaque pursuant to a warrant of arrest 2 issued by the Municipal Trial Court of Sta. Cruz, Laguna, and was turned over to the custody of the Philippine National Police...