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PEOPLE vs Gilbert Dorimon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GILBERT DORIMON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 114267 | 1999-12-17

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated January 24, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Branch 11, in Criminal Case No. S-2180 convicting accused-appellant Gilbert Dorimon[1] of Presidential Decree No. 1866,[2] sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, and ordering the forfeiture of his .22 caliber paltik revolver in favor of the government.

At the time of the incident, appellant was an eighteen (18) year-old senior high school student at the Salug National High School of Salug, Zamboanga del Norte. Found in his possession was a .22 cal. paltik, that he allegedly used to threaten a...