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PEOPLE vs Arnold, Nelson and Edwin Realin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARNOLD REALIN, NELSON REALIN, and EDWIN REALIN, accused. ARNOLD REALIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126051 | 1999-01-21

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Accused-appellant Arnold Realin (hereafter ARNOLD) appeals from the decision1 [Original Record (OR), 439-458; Rollo, 31-50, Per Judge Herminia M. Pascua.] of the Regional Trial Court of Tagudin, Ilocos Sur, Branch 25, in Criminal Case No. 348-T, finding him guilty of murder. The dispositive portion of the decision reads as follows:

Thus we find Arnold Realin guilty of the crime of Murder and hereby sentences [sic] him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay to the heirs of the victim, particularly Jesus [Leiza], the following:

1. Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) Pesos for the death of...