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PEOPLE vs Sergio Jorolan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SERGIO JOROLAN y FAJARDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 142683-84 | 2003-06-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On automatic review is the decision[1] dated November 22, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Marikina City, Branch 272, in Criminal Cases Nos. 97-2158-MK and 97-2159-MK. In the first case, appellant Sergio Jorolan was found guilty of murder and sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. In the second case, he was found guilty of homicide and sentenced to imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years of prision mayor as minimum to twenty (20) years of reclusion temporal as maximum.

His convictions and sentences stemmed from two informations dated November 22, 1997. In the first, he was charged of murder, as...