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PEOPLE vs Pedro Mondijar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO MONDIJAR Y GALLARES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 141914 | 2002-11-21

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cataingan, Masbate, Branch 49, dated March 17, 1999, in Criminal Case No. 812, finding appellant Pedro Mondijar y Gallares guilty of the murder of Pamfilo Aplacador[2] and imposing upon him the penalty of death. Because appellant was more than seventy-nine (79) years old at the time of the commission of the offense, the sentence was commuted to reclusion perpetua, pursuant to Article 47[3] of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 7659.

Appellant and the victim were neighbors in Cataingan, Masbate. Although appellant was the...