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PEOPLE vs Abdulajid Sabdani

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ABDULAJID SABDANI y SHUMARHARI, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134262 | 2000-06-28

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

By his plea of self-defense, appellant admits authorship of the killing. Hence, the burden is upon him to establish clearly and convincingly all the requisites of the justifying circumstance. Failure to discharge this burden warrants a judgment of conviction.

The Case

Abdulajid Sabdani y Shumarhari appeals the January 5, 1998 Decision1 [Written by Judge Jaime N. Salazar Jr.] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City (Branch 103) in Criminal Case No. Q-96-66945, finding him guilty of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an Information dated July 16, 1996, Assistant City Prosecutor Donald T. Lee...