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PEOPLE vs. Ernesto Aquino

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO AQUINO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-36468 | 1984-11-20

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

This is an appeal taken by Ernesto Aquino from the decision of the then Circuit Criminal Court, Fourth Judicial District, Cabanatuan City, in Criminal Case No. CCC-IV-54, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, this Court finds the herein accused Ernesto Aquino guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, as charged in the information, and in the absence of any modifying circumstance, hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P12,000.00, and to pay the costs." (p. 46, Rollo)

At about 9:30 in the evening...