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PEOPLE vs Efren Mindanao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EFREN MINDANAO y GUMABAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123095 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N
PARDO, J.:
This is an appeal interposed by the accused Efren Mindanao y Gumabao from the consolidated decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 167, Pasig[1] acquitting him of violation of P. D. 1866, and convicting him of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua "in its medium period or an imprisonment ranging from twenty six (26) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day, as minimum, to thirty three (33) years and four (4) months, as maximum, to indemnify the offended party in the aggregate amount of P222,748.22; to suffer all the accessory penalties provided for by law; and, to pay the costs."
We state the...