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PEOPLE Vs. Celestino Abapo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELESTINO ABAPO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 93632-33 | 1994-12-28

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Before us is an appeal from the Joint Decision 1 rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila, Branch 164 on February 26, 1990 in Criminal Cases Nos. 64831 and 78198 convicting Celestino Abapo of two (2) counts of murder. The dispositive portion reads:

ACCORDINGLY, the Court finds the herein accused Celestino Abapo GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of murder on two counts as charged in Criminal Case No. 64831 and Criminal Case No. 78198; and therefore, hereby imposes upon him the penalty of life imprisonment for the death of Edgardo Bondoc in Criminal Case No. 64831; and likewise imposes upon...