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Abunado vs. People [DECISION]

SALVADOR S. ABUNADO and ZENAIDA BIÑAS ABUNADO, Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159218 | 2004-03-30

DECISION
 
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. No. 26135 which affirmed with modification the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 77, San Mateo, Rizal in Criminal Case No. 2803 convicting petitioner Salvador S. Abunado of bigamy.

The records show that on September 18, 1967, Salvador married Narcisa Arceño at the Manila City Hall before Rev. Pedro Tiangco.[2] In 1988 Narcisa left for Japan to work but returned to the Philippines in 1992, when she learned that her husband was having an extra-marital...