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PEOPLE Vs. Alfredo Hangad, Et Al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO HANGAD, ALLAN ALULOD, RENE REYES, LEOPOLDO BALANGUE and RODELIO VIDAL, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 102954 | 1993-10-14

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused appealed from the decision of Branch 50 of the Regional Trial Court of Palawan in Criminal Case No. 8816, promulgated on 8 August 1991, 1 finding all of them guilty of the murder of Decoroso Cajes in the evening of 14 November 1989 at Parola Beach in the city of Puerto Princesa, and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay, jointly and severally, the heirs of Decoroso Cajes the sums of P50,000.00 as indemnity for his death and P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The crime was allegedly committed on 14 November 1989 but the Information charging them of murder was...