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PEOPLE vs Rafael Caloza, Jr

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAFAEL CALOZA, JR. alias "JUNE CALOZA", accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 138404-06 | 2003-01-28

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Joint Decision of Branch 27 of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City convicting accused-appellant of three counts of murder and meting on him the supreme penalty of death for each count. He was also ordered to pay civil indemnity and actual damages to the heirs of the victims.

I. The Indictment

On April 20, 1998, accused-appellant Rafael Caloza, Jr. was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City with three counts of murder in three separate Informations, to wit:

Criminal Case No. 8198 -

"That on or about the 6th day of July, 1997, in the City...