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People vs. Ordona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. PEDRITO ORDONA Y RENDON, Accused-Appellant.

G.R. No. 227863 | 2017-09-20

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
To qualify the killing of a person to the crime of murder, evident premeditation must be proven with reasonable certainty. Facts regarding "how and when the plan to kill was hatched"1 are indispensable. The requirement of deliberate planning should not be based merely on inferences and presumptions but on clear evidence.

For this Court's resolution is an Ordinary Appeal from the June 1, 2015 Decision2 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 06280, which affirmed the conviction of accused-appellant Pedrito Ordona y Rendon (Ordona) for the crime of murder.

In an...