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PEOPLE vs PO3 Roger Roxas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PO3 ROGER ROXAS y CABASAG, appellant.

G.R. No. 140762 | 2003-09-10

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

The Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 103, in Criminal Case No. Q-96-65242, found appellant Roger Roxas y Cabasag guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and imposed on him the penalty of death for the killing of Lorna Maceda Puno. The information under which he was arraigned, tried and convicted, read:

"That on or about the 8th day of March, 1996, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously with intent to kill, qualified by treachery and by taking advantage of superior strength, attack, assault and employ personal...