Back

PEOPLE vs. Fernando Urgel

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO URGEL alias "NANDONG", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34851 | 1985-02-25

D E C I S I O N


DE LA FUENTE, J.:

Appeal in Criminal Case No. 82 (CFI Leyte) interposed by the accused Fernando Urgel who, after trial, was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua there being no aggravating or mitigating circumstance, and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Gualberto Guihapon in the amount of P12,000.00. 1

As summarized in the appellee's brief, the pertinent facts are as follows:

"At about past eight o'clock in the evening of November 23, 1969 at the poblacion of Javier, Leyte (p. 6, TSN, August 21, 1970), the deceased Gualberto Guihapon and his wife...