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PEOPLE Vs. Manuel Crisostomo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL CRISOSTOMO y CABANBAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116059 | 1998-07-23

D E C I S I O N

MARTINEZ, J:

Accused-appellant Manuel Crisostomo y Cabanban, after having been found guilty by the Regional Trial Court of San Fernando, La Union of the murder of one Nartito Gavina (hereafter, Nartito), was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the victim's heirs in the amount of P50,000.00.

For the prosecution, the circumstances surrounding Nartito's death were narrated by Susana Gavina and Manuel Gavina, Nartito's parents.

Susana recalled that at about 12:00 o'clock midnight of June 21, 1992, she, her husband Manuel, Nartito and a granddaughter were all inside their house at Brgy....