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PEOPLE Vs. Ponciano Mandapat

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PONCIANO MANDAPAT, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Adolfo A. Angala for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 76953 | 1991-04-22

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision ** of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 44, convicting accused/appellant of the crime of murder, the decretal portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Ponciano Mandapat guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code and in view of the presence of the aggravating circumstances of taking advantage of superior strength and that the crime which committed in the dwelling of the victim which are not offset by any mitigating circumstance, hereby sentence(s) said accused Ponciano Mandapat to...