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PEOPLE vs Ventura Belen

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VENTURA BELEN Y LAZALITA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137991-92 | 2002-06-10

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Accused-appellant Constancio Candido y Collarga was found guilty of murder aggravated by the use of an unlicensed firearm and sentenced to death in Criminal Case No. Q-94-58986[1] in the Decision dated June 22, 1998 rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 220, Quezon City. He was likewise found guilty of Violation of Presidential Decree No. 1866,[2] as amended by Republic Act No. 8294,[3] in Criminal Case No. Q-94-58985 and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of prision correccional in its maximum period. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, in the light of the...