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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNEL BALUTE Y VILLANUEVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ARNEL BALUTE Y VILLANUEVA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 212932 | 2015-01-21

FIRST DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:

Before the Court is an ordinary appeal1 filed by accused-appellant Arnel Balutey Villanueva (Balute)assailing the Decision2 dated February 3, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05649 which affirmed the Decision3 dated June 11, 2012 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 18 (RTC) in Crim. Case No. 03-211951, finding Balute guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of Robbery with Homicide.

The Facts
 
On November 22, 2002, an Information was filed before the RTC charging Balute of the crime of Robbery with Homicide,...