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People of the Philippines Vs. Marcelino Abare Y Isidro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MARCELINO ABARE, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 172973 | 2008-12-18

D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

For review before this Court is the July 18, 2005 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00764 which affirmed the Decision[2] dated January 18, 2002 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, Branch 40, finding Marcelino Abare (appellant) guilty of murder qualified by treachery and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information in Criminal Case No. C- 5351 reads as follows:

That on or about the 24th day of November 1997 at around 7:30 o'clock in the evening, in Barangay Bucayao, Municipality of Calapan, Province of...