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PEOPLE vs Crisogono Botona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus CRISOGONO BOTONA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 161291 | 2004-09-27

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before us for review is the appeal of Crisogono Botona to the Court of Appeals (CA) of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Surigao City, Branch 29, in People v. Botona, Criminal Case No. 3007, for murder. The appeal was certified to this Court, in view of the penalty of reclusion perpetua imposed by the CA.

On January 31, 1990, an Information was filed against the appellant, charging him with murder, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 13th day of April 1989, at 7 o'clock in the evening, more or less, in the City of Surigao, Philippines, and within the...