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CSA vs Gonzales-Decano

CATALINA SECURITY AGENCY, represented herein by the Proprietor PLACIDO O. URBANES, JR., Petitioner, versus HON. ALICIA B. GONZALEZ-DECANO Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 46, Urdaneta City

G.R. No. 149039 | 2004-05-27

DECISION




QUISUMBING, J.:

In G.R. No. 149362, this Court is tasked to review the decision[1] in Criminal Case No. U-10870, entitled People of the Philippines v. Rogelio Negrillo y Nastor @ "Ilyo," by the Regional Trial Court of Urdaneta City, Branch 46, which found appellant Rogelio Negrillo guilty of murder and imposed on him the penalty of death. He was also ordered to pay civil indemnity, moral damages, and costs of the suit to the heirs of the victim, Mario G. Mercado.

In said criminal case, the trial court also ordered the confiscation of the firearm used in the commission of the offense in favor of the government. On September...