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People vs. Ramelo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RODERICK R. RAMELO, Accused-Appellant. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, BERSAMIN, LEONEN, MARTIRES, and GESMUNDO, JJ

G.R. No. 224888 | 2017-11-22

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION 
 
DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
On appeal is the 29 January 2016 Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-CR HC No. 01935 which affirmed with modification the 28 September 2014 Judgment2 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, Baybay City, Leyte (RTC), in Criminal Case No. B-09-05-55. The RTC found accused-appellant Roderick R. Ramelo (Ramelo) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder. On appeal, the CA found him guilty of homicide. 
 
THE FACTS
 
On 20 May 2009, Ramelo was charged before the RTC with the crime of murder...