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The People of the Philippines Vs. Reynaldo Hernando y Aquino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus REYNALDO HERNANDO y AQUINO, Appeellant

G.R. No. 186493 | 2009-11-25

RESOLUTION


NACHURA, J.:

On appeal is the August 22, 2008 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02375 which affirmed the decision[2] rendered by Branch 6 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Baguio City, finding appellant Reynaldo Hernando y Aquino (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder.

The facts, summarized by the trial court and borne out by the records, are as follows:

On April 13, 2004 at about 5:45 p.m., Alain James Dirige (Dirige) was driving his sedan type taxi along Harrison Road, Baguio City. At the intersection of Harrison Road and Claudio Street, his taxi was flagged down by a woman....