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People vs. Mabalato

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. FABIAN MABALATO @ "BOY," JULIO CARTUCIANO AND ALLAN CANATOY @ "ALLAN EDWARD," ACCUSED, ALLAN CANATOY @ "ALLAN EDWARD," ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 227195 | 2019-07-29

DECISION
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
On appeal is the Decision[1] dated May 31, 2016 (assailed Decision) of the Court of Appeals, Twentieth (20th) Division (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01861, which partly affirmed with modifications, the Judgment[2] dated June 28, 2013 of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 18 (trial court) in Criminal Case No, CBU-63753, which, in turn, found accused-appellant Allan Canatoy (Canatoy) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

Canatoy, along with accused Fabian Mabalato (Mabalato) and Julio Cartuciano...