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PEOPLE vs Sonny Mationg, Alcede Mationg, & Antonio Alfaro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SONNY MATIONG, ALCEDE MATIONG, and ANTONIO ALFARO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 137989 | 2001-03-27

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

On 27 November 1998, the Regional Trial Court of Kalibo, Aklan, Branch 2, rendered a decision[1] in Criminal Case No. 4419, finding accused-appellants Sonny Mationg (hereafter SONNY), Alcede Mationg (hereafter ALCEDE) and Antonio Alfaro (hereafter ANTONIO) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder for the death of Marcelino Isturis (hereafter MARCELINO), and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of death. The case is now before us on automatic review, pursuant to Article 47 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Section 22 of Republic Act No. 7659.[2]

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