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Delfin Abalos, Petitioner, Vs. Court Of Appeals, Rtc-Br. 38, Lingayen, Pangasinan, And People, Respondents.

DELFIN ABALOS, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, RTC-Br. 38, LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN, and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 125434 | 1999-12-22

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

Liberato Damias visited his girlfriend at her house in San Isidro, Rosales, Pangasinan, on the night of 27 January 1993. He did not realize that that would be his last rendezvous with her. He was gunned down soon after and died slowly in her arms. His assailant apparently driven by extreme jealousy hurriedly fled leaving the lovers to the mercy of their fate.

On 26 February 1993 an Information was filed before the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan, charging petitioner Delfin Abalos with murder for the killing of Liberato Damias.[1] The Information alleged that the accused, using an unlicensed...