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People of the Philippines Vs. Muhammad Abdulah etc.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MUHAMMAD ABDULAH, alias “BONG ABDULAH,” alias “BONG HASAN ZAMAN,” Appeellant.

G.R. No. 182518 | 2009-01-20

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

For final review by the Court is the trial court's conviction of appellant Abdulah for murder. In the July 17, 2007 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00023, the appellate court, on intermediate review, affirmed in toto the August 24, 2000 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 158 of Pasig City in Criminal Cases Nos. 98124, 98125 and 98126.

It was six in the evening more than a decade and a half ago, or on November 6, 1992, when the events leading to this case began to unfold. One of the victims, Evelyn Aguirre, was then visiting in the house of the other victim,...