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PEOPLE Vs. Arsenio Rañola

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARSENIO RAÑOLA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-95757 | 1992-08-04

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated June 18, 1990 of the Regional Trial Court, Fifth Judicial Region, Branch 45, Masbate, Masbate in Criminal Case No. 2493 entitled "People of the Philippines v. Arsenio Rañola," finding accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder, qualified by treachery, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and further ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the victim the sum of P30,000.00.

The information under which appellant was charged was dated October 30, 1979. It read as follows:

"That on or about August 11,...