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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SAMSON VILLASAN Y BANATI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. SAMSON VILLASAN Y BANATI, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 176527 | 2009-10-09

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
We review in this appeal the May 25, 2006 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR H.C. No. 00250.[1]The appellate court affirmed the May 29, 2001 decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 18, Cebu City,[2]that in turn found appellant Samson Villasan (appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and imposed on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
 
ANTECEDENT FACTS
 
The prosecution charged the appellant before the RTC with the crime of murder under the following Information:[3]
 
That on or about the 1st day of June,...