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PEOPLE vs. Alberto Lase

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERTO LASE, alias "BERT", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 97957 | 1993-03-05

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J p:

Accused-appellant appeals from the decision of Branch 45 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Masbate in Criminal Case No. 5557 1 convicting him of the crime of murder for the death of Dante Huelva on 18 May 1987 in Barangay Pia-ong, Dimasalang, Masbate, and sentencing him:

" . . . to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA in the absence of any mitigating circumstance and to indemnify the parent of the victim in the amount of P30,000.00." 2

The decision was promulgated on 18 February 1991.

The records disclose that two (2) days after the killing of Dante Huelva, a criminal complaint for murder was...