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PEOPLE vs Abatayo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ADONES ABATAYO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 139456 | 2004-07-07

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





On appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Mandaue City, Branch 56, in Criminal Case No. DU-4381 finding appellant Adones Abatayo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of murder and sentencing him to suffer reclusion perpetua for each count.



The appellant was charged with the crime of double murder in an Information dated January 31, 1994. The indictment reads:



That on or about the 10th day of September 1993, in the City of Mandaue, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused with deliberate intent to kill and with...