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PEOPLE Vs. Alvin Nialda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALVIN NIALDA y LUGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115946 | 1998-04-24

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is an appeal from the decision 1 dated March 11, 1994 of the Regional Trial Court of Cavite (Branch 18 in Tagaytay City), the dispositive portion of which reads:

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused ALVIN NIALDA Y LUGO GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt as principal of the crime of Murder, as this felony is defined and penalized by the provisions of Article 248, par. (1) of the Revised Penal Code and there being no modifying circumstances proven to either aggravate or mitigate his liability, hereby sentences said accused to suffer a penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA (Life imprisonment); to pay to the heirs of...