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PEOPLE Vs. Florestan D. Nitcha

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PAT. FLORESTAN NITCHA y DULAY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 113517 | 1995-01-19

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Before the Court is the appeal interposed by accused-appellant from the decision rendered on September 22, 1994 by the Honorable Pedro C. Cacho, Presiding Judge of Branch 52 of the Regional Trial Court of the First Judicial Region, stationed in Tayug, Pangasinan, which pronounced accused-appellant's culpability of the murder of May Villa Rica Sibayan. In addition to the principal penalty of reclusion perpetua, accused-appellant was required to pay to the heirs of the victim P50,000.00 as indemnity, P25,000.00 as moral damages, P20,000.00 in the form of exemplary damages, and P43,000.00 for actual expenses (p....