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PEOPLE vs Pepe Bautista

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PEPE BAUTISTA y SABADO, appellant.

G.R. No. 139530 | 2004-02-27

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

On appeal is the January 26, 1999 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 30, finding appellant Pepe Bautista y Sabado guilty of murder in Criminal Case No. 613 and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information[2] filed on April 13, 1993 charged appellant as follows:

That on or about February 3, 1993, at Barangay Balance, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill and qualified by treachery and evident premeditation, did...