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People of the Philippines Vs. Agripino Guevarra Y Mulingtapang @ "Boy Dunggol"

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,Plaintiff-Appellee, versus AGRIPINO GUEVARRA y MULINGTAPANG alias "BOY DUNGGOL" Accused- Appellant.

G.R. No. 182192 | 2008-10-29

D E C I S I O N 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

For review is the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02367, dated 16 October 2007,[1] affirming with modification the Decision, dated 4 July 2006, of the Batangas City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch IV, in Criminal Case No. 12486,[2] finding accused-appellant Agripino Guevarra y Mulingtapang, alias "Boy Dunggol," guilty of murder, and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua. 

The facts gathered from the records of the case are as follows: 

On 30 August 2002, an Information[3] was filed with the RTC charging appellant with murder. The accusatory...