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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Cardenas, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTOLIN CARDENAS, ANTONIO CARDENAS and DELFIN CARDENAS, defendants. ANTOLIN CARDENAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29090 | 1974-04-29

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance, Catarman, Samar (Northern Samar), in Criminal Case No. C-1052, finding appellant Antolin Cardenas guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder, qualified by premeditation and treachery, and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Victorio Teopinto in the amount of P6,000.00, as well as moral damages in the amount of P2,000.00.

Adelina Tan Teopinto, widow of the victim, testified that at around 7:00 o'clock on the evening of January 13, 1964, while she and her husband, Victorio Teopinto, were inside their...