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PEOPLE vs. Alberto D. Carpio

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERTO D. CARPIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 110031 | 1997-11-17

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pampanga, Branch 52, at Guagua, Pampanga, finding accused-appellant Alberto Carpio guilty of murder, qualified by treachery, and sentencing him to suffer reclusion perpetua. In addition, accused-appellant was ordered to pay the heirs of the deceased Federico A. Cunanan the sum of P50,000.00, as indemnity for death, P10,000.00, as funeral expenses, P25,000.00, as attorney's fees, and P100,000.00, as moral damages, and to pay the costs.

The information against accused-appellant alleged -

That on or about the 24th day of September 1989, in...