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PEOPLE vs Lino Abujan Alias "Eke" And Richard Valmores Alias "Cardo,"

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. LINO ABUJAN alias “EKE” AND RICHARD VALMORES alias “CARDO,” appellants.

G.R. No. 140870 | 2004-02-11

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the judgment[1] dated October 29, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court of Cagayan de Oro City, Branch 19, in Criminal Case No. 98-696 finding herein appellants Lino Abujan and Richard[2] Valmores guilty of murder and imposing upon them the penalty of death. In the said decision, appellants were also ordered to pay the heirs of the victim, Reselda Patong, the sum of P75,000, as civil indemnity, P50,000 as moral damages, and reimburse their actual expenses of P170,000, including the attorney's fees of P10,000, and to pay the costs.

The facts, as borne by the records, are as follows:

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