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R. S. Mamangun vs. People

RUFINO S. MAMANGUN, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 149152 | 2007-02-02

D E C I S I O N
 

GARCIA, J.:

In this petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, petitioner Rufino Mamangun y Silverio seeks the reversal of the Decision[1] dated January 19, 2001 (promulgated on February 13, 2001) of the Sandiganbayan in its Criminal Case No. 21131, convicting him of the crime of Homicide.

The factual backdrop:

On September 12, 1994, herein petitioner, then a police officer, was charged before the Sandiganbayan with the crime of Murder, allegedly committed, per the indicting Information,[2] docketed as Criminal Case No. 21131, as follows:

That on or about the 31st day of July 1992, in the Municipality of...