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PEOPLE vs Maximo T. Abrenica

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO ABRENICA y TEJANA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118771 | 1996-01-18

MELO, J.:


Maximo Abrenica was charged in two separate Informations for the murder of Reynaldo Mabisa y Ebonia on September 11, 1991, and for frustrated murder, also allegedly committed on the same day concerning the multiple gunshot wounds suffered by Ramiro Garcia y Lachica.

After joint trial, Branch 24 of the Regional Trial Court of the National Capital Region stationed in Manila and presided over by the Honorable Sergio D. Mabunay, found Abrenica guilty as charged in a decision dated January 21, 1994, but promulgated on February 3, 1994, the dispositive portion of which reads:

Because of the foregoing, the court finds that the...