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PEOPLE vs Mario Adame

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO ADAME, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 133007 | 2000-11-29

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

By mandate of Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Section 22, Republic Act No. 7659, otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law, this Court is called upon to discharge its duty to review the death sentence imposed upon accused-appellant by Branch 2 of the Regional Trial Court of the First Judicial Region stationed at the Bangued, Abra for the charge of illegal possession of firearms under Section 1, of Presidential Decree 1866, in an Information reading as follows:

That on or about January 25, 1997, between 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., at Barangay Sta. Rosa, Municipality of Bangued, Province of Abra,...