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People vs. Jesalva

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ROBERTO ESPERANZA JESALVA ALIAS "ROBERT SANTOS," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 227306 | 2017-06-19

D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
This appeal seeks to reverse and set aside the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[1] dated September 28, 2015 in CA-G.R. CR-HC-06823. The CA upheld the Decision[2] dated April 14, 2014 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 80, in Criminal Case No. Q-08-152149, which found accused-appellant Roberto Esperanza Jesalva alias "Robert Santos" (accused-appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

An Information dated March 31, 2008 was filed charging accused-appellant, Ryan Menieva y Labina[3] (Menieva) and Junie Ilaw (Ilaw) for the murder of Arnel Ortigosa y...