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PEOPLE Vs. Florentino Eduarte, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENTINO EDUARTE @ Tinong, FREDESWINDO EDUARTE @ Indoy — Acquitted, and JULIE EDUARTE, — At large. FLORENTINO EDUARTE @ Tinong, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 72976 | 1990-07-09

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

In this appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Abra, Branch II in Criminal Case No. 250 the accused-appellant prays for a judgment of acquittal in lieu of the verdict of conviction rendered by the trial court on October 31, 1985 with the following dispositive portion:

"IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the Court finds and holds Florentino Eduarte guilty of the crime of Murder, qualified by treachery as charged in the information, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to indemnify the heirs of the victim the sum of P30,000.00 and to pay the costs of the...