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People vs. Daroya

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. RAFAEL DAROYA @ RAFFY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 229502 | 2017-11-08

DECISION
 
REYES, J.:
 
On appeal[1] is the Decision[2] dated February 15, 2016 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06761. The CA affirmed with modification the conviction of Rafael Daroya (Daroya) of Murder as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dagupan City, Branch 42 in its Decision[3] dated February 24, 2014 in Crim. Case No. 2003-0101-D.
 
Facts

Daroya was charged in an Information dated February 18, 2003,[4] the pertinent accusatory portion of which reads:
 
That on or about the 19th day of October 2002, in the City of Dagupan,...