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PEOPLE Vs. Gregorio Estrellanes, Jr., Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO ESTRELLANES, JR. and DIOSDADO MANOLO, accused. DIOSDADO MANOLO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 111003 | 1994-12-15

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The appellant was convicted of murder by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) at Negros Oriental in Criminal Case No. 10246 and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Arsenio Zerna, Jr., in the amount of P50,000.00. 1 The accusatory portion of the information under which he was tried reads as follows:

"That on 5 October 1991, at about past 11:00 o'clock in the evening, at North Poblacion, Jimalalud, Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring together and mutually helping each...