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People of the Philippines Vs. Mariano Sapigao, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARIANO SAPIGAO, JR., Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 178485 | 2009-09-04

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated July 19, 2006 of the Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. CR No. 01018, affirming with modification the Decision[2] dated July 28, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Urdaneta City, Branch 46, in Criminal Case No. U-5035, finding appellant Mariano Sapigao, Jr. guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

The facts of the case, culled from the records, are as follows:

In an Information[3] dated January 4, 1989, appellant Mariano Sapigao, Jr. and Melvin Sublingo, who remains at large, were accused of the crime of murder with the use of unlicensed firearms, as...