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People of the Phil. vs. Norberto Delim

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARLON DELIM, LEON DELIM, MANUEL DELIM alias "BONG" NORBERTO DELIM and RONALD DELIM alias "BONG" Accused, NORBERTO DELIM, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 175942 | 2007-09-13

D E C I S I O N
 


GARCIA, J.:

On appeal to this Court is the Decision[1] dated July 28, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR.-HC No. 02001, finding herein accused-appellant Norberto Delim guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Homicide. The decision affirmed with modifications an earlier decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Branch 46, in its Criminal Case No. U-10059 which found appellant guilty of the more serious offense of Murder and sentenced him to the supreme penalty of death.

On account of the penalty of death imposed by the trial court, the case was directly elevated to this...