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PEOPLE Vs. Teofilo Kempis

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEOFILO KEMPIS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 97169 | 1993-05-10

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision in Criminal Case No. 841 of Branch 10 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Eighth Judicial Region, at Abuyog, Leyte, promulgated on 9 October 1990 1 finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder, and sentencing him:

". . . to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify the heirs of Lolito Rivero the amount of P30,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay the costs.

The accused who has been detained since his arrest on May 19, 1989 up to the present is hereby accorded full credit of the preventive...