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PEOPLE vs Virgilio Borreros

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIRGILIO BORREROS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 125185 | 1999-05-05

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J:

At bar is an appeal by accused Virgilio Borreros from the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Arsenio J. Magpale.] dated May 13, 1996 of Branch 225 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City in Criminal Case No. Q-91-21890, finding him guilty of the crime of Murder, and sentencing him thus:

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court hereby finds the accused Virgilio Borreros GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder qualified by treachery for the killing of FEDERICO G. MEDINA. Considering that the death penalty was proscribed at the time said accused committed the crime, he is hereby sentenced to suffer...