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PEOPLE Vs. Eddie Ballinas, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDDIE BALLINAS and one (1) JOHN DOE, defendants. EDDIE BALLINAS, appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Arturo B. Ladera for appellant.

G.R. No. 93300 | 1991-10-04

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

For the death of Nestor AYTONG, EDDIE Ballinas and one "John Doe" were accused of murder in an information dated March 8, 1988. 1 After trial, Eddie Ballinas was convicted in the decision dated February 28, 1990, 2 and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalties provided for by law, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Nestor Aytong in the sum of Thirty Thousand (P30,000) Pesos, and to pay the costs. 3

The case against "John Doe" was archived. 4

The prosecution's evidence reveals the following:

The principal witness, Elpego Mejos, declared that on July 17,1987 at...