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PEOPLE vs. Dionisio Magbanua

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIONISIO MAGBANUA and RUDY ABA-A, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-34527-28 | 1982-07-30

D E C I S I O N


BARREDO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental in its Criminal Cases Nos. 43 and 44, finding herein appellant Dionisio Magbanua guilty of the crime of Parricide (in the first case) and, together with his brother-in-law, herein appellant Rudy Aba-a, also guilty of the crime of Murder with Unintentional Abortion (in the second case).

Briefly stated, the facts that led to such conviction, as summarized in the brief for the People filed by the Solicitor General, are as follows:

"In an information dated November 6, 1970 filed before the Court of First Instance of...