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Fausto Andal vs. Sandiganbayan, etal.

P/CPL. FAUSTO ANDAL, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 60159 | 1989-11-06

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

The petitioner, Fausto Andal, a member of the Batangas Integrated National Police, has appealed to this Court the decision ** of the Sandiganbayan in Criminal Case No. 2521 which found him guilty of the crime of Homicide and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of one (1) year of prision correccional; to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amounts of P12,000.00 and P20,000.00, as moral damages; and to pay the costs.

In his petition for review, the petitioner alleges that the Sandiganbayan erred in rejecting his plea of self-defense, on the ground that the initial unlawful aggression on the part of the...