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PEOPLE Vs. Eduardo Gelaver

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO GELAVER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 95357 | 1993-06-09

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, Surallah, South Cotabato, finding Eduardo Gelaver guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Parricide (Art. 246, Revised Penal Code) and sentencing him to "suffer the penalty to reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of his wife, Victoria Pacinabao, in the amount of P30,000.00." (Decision, p. 7; Rollo, p. 28).

In the Information filed with the trial court and docketed as Criminal Case No. 643, Eduardo Gelaver, was charged with Parricide, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 24th day of March, 1988 at 7:00 o'clock in the...