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People vs. Arenas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus CESAR ARENAS, Appellant.

G.R. No. 172974 | 2008-07-28

R E S O L U T I O N


CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the March 30, 2006 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 00671 affirming with modification the decision of the trial court which found appellant Cesar Arenas guilty of the crime of murder.

Appellant was prosecuted in the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 129 under the following information:[2]

That on or about the 1st day of June, 1997 in Kalookan City, Metro-Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, without any justifiable cause, with treachery and evident premeditation and with deliberate intent to kill,...