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PEOPLE vs Romeo Ugiaban Lumandong

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO UGIABAN LUMANDONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132745 | 2000-03-09

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Anthony E. Santos, Record, pp. 582-589.] in Criminal Case No. 96-106 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 19, dated February 2, 1998 finding Romeo Lumandong y Ugiaban guilty of murder for the killing of Analou Eduave and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

The lifeless and naked body of eight (8) year old Analou Eduave was found by the local residents of Sitio Bolihon, Taglimao, Cagayan de Oro City in the isolated and grassy portion of the Iponan River on December 1, 1995, at about 8:00 o'clock...