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PEOPLE Vs. Eduardo C. Rabang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO RABANG y CASTRO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 73403 | 1990-07-23

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

We have before us on appeal the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 41 of the National Capital Judicial Region, Manila, convicting appellant Eduardo Rabang y Castro of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim Henry Cortes y Morris the sums of P30,000.00 and P10,000.00 representing, respectively, the actual and moral damages.

On 26 December 1985, the Assistant Fiscal of Manila filed against the appellant an information for the crime of murder as follows:

"That on or about the 6th day of October 1984, in the...