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PEOPLE Vs. Carlos De La Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS DE LA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 91865-66 | 1993-07-06

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused appeals from the joint decision 1 of Branch 48 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Masbate, Fifth Judicial Region, in Criminal Case No. 5519 and Criminal Case No. 5521 promulgated on 27 December 1989. The said decision found the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide in the first case and sentenced him "to suffer the penalty of Eight (8) Years and One (1) Day of Prision Mayor as Minimum to Fourteen (14) Years, Eight (8) Months and One (1) Day of Reclusion Temporal as maximum and to pay the heirs of the late Virgie Trangia the amount of P30,000.00 without subsidiary...