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PEOPLE vs. Mario del Mundo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO DEL MUNDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-55178 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Automatic review of the death sentence imposed by the Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, on Mario del Mundo, for the death of Fabian Galvan y Basister.

Mario del Mundo, was one of five persons accused of murder in the Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, in Pasig, Rizal for the killing of Fabian Galvan. [1] However, only Alberto Opida and Virgilio Marcelo were the first to stand trial, the other accused, including Mario del Mundo having remained at large at the time. Both were convicted and sentenced to death in a decision promulgated on March 4, 1977. [2]

On April 24, 1975,...