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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,</b> Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ERNESTO NARZABAL y CASTELO, JR., Accused-Appeellant.

People of the Philippines vs. Ernesto Narzabal y Castelo, Jr.

G.R. No. 174066 | 2010-10-12



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


EN BANC


G.R. No. 174066               October 12, 2010


PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

ERNESTO NARZABAL y CASTELO, JR., Accused-Appellant.


D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:


This appeal assails the June 30, 2006 Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA), in CA-G.R. H.C. CR No. 01257, which affirmed with modification the December 10, 2004 Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Tabaco City (RTC), convicting accused Ernesto Narzabal of the crime of Rape with Homicide in Criminal Case No. T-3772.


THE FACTS


On June 26, 2002, accused Ernesto Narzabal,...