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People vs. Sabangan and Bornasal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. GERRY SABANGAN AND NOLI BORNASAL, ACCUSED, GERRY SABANGAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 191722 | 2013-12-11

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

On appeal is the Decision1 dated November 20, 2009 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00329-MIN, which affirmed with modification the Decision2 dated November 25, 2004 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 16, City of Davao, in Criminal Case No. 46,888-01. While the appellate court sustained the conviction of accused-appellant Gerry Sabangan (Sabangan) for the murder of Barangay Captain Abe Felonia (Felonia), it acquitted the other accused, Noli Bornasal (Bornasal), of the same crime.
 
When the Information was filed before the RTC on February 21, 2000,...