Abadilla convicts ask high court to reverse ruling

MANILA, Philippines?Two of the five men convicted of murdering retired Colonel Rolando Abadilla, a police intelligence chief during the Marcos dictatorship, have asked the Supreme Court to reverse its recent ruling upholding the Court of Appeals’ decision affirming their conviction by a trial court. ‘It is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Supreme Court that it reverse its affirmation of the judgment of conviction and forthwith acquit all the accused-appellants,’ petitioners Lenido Lumanog and Augusto Santos said in their 43-page motion for reconsideration filed by their lawyer, Vicente Dante Adan on Friday. Lumanog and Santos are two of the convicted men collectively known as the…

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Abadilla convicts ask high court to reverse ruling