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PEOPLE vs. Gerry Sarabia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. GERRY SARABIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124076 | 1997-01-21

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Newspaper business is hazardous to health. Nesino P. Toling, publisher and editor of the Panguil Bay Monitor is another court exhibit proving this truism. On April 14, 1991, an assassin buried a bullet at the back of Toling's head. The gun burst delisted him from the land of the living and converted him to another crime statistic.

This is an appeal by GERRY SARABIA from the Decision of the Court of Appeals 1 affirming his conviction for Murder by the Regional trial Court of Ozamiz City, 2 but modifying the penalty imposed upon him to reclusion perpetua.

In an Information, dated April 19, 1991, NELSON VERDIDA,...