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PEOPLE vs Mario Abendan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO ABENDAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131813 | 2000-09-29

D E C I S I O N
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
Before us on automatic review is the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 7, convicting accused Mario Abendan in Criminal Case No. CBU-38277 of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the ultimate penalty of death. He was also ordered to indemnify the heirs of the deceased victim in the amount of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos and to pay the costs.
Mario Abendan was charged with the crime of murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, in relation to Republic Act No. 7659, in an Information which reads:
That on the 3rd day of November 1994,...