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People of the Philippines Vs. Dante Jadap

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus DANTE JADAP, Accused-Appeellant

G.R. No. 177983 | 2010-03-30

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, Mindanao Station in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00244 Min which affirmed with modification, an earlier Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 18 in Criminal Case No. 2001-649, finding accused-appellant Dante Jadap guilty of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Republic Act No. 7659.

On July 3, 2001, an Information[3] was filed against Jadap charging him with the crime of murder as follows:

That on or about February 20, 2001 at 9:30 o'clock in the evening...