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People vs. Efren Mercado

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EFREN MERCADO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33492 | 1988-03-30

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision * rendered by the defunct Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, Pasig, Rizal, dated 11 March 1971, in Criminal Case No. CCC-564-Rizal, entitled: "People of the Philippines, plaintiff, versus Efren Mercado, accused," the dispositive part of which reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused, Efren Mercado, GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt, of the crime of Murder as defined under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as charged in the information, the Court hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA; to indemnify the heirs of...