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PEOPLE vs Rodrigo Agsunod Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODRIGO AGSUNOD, JR. y BIBAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118331 | 1999-05-03

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Judge Hilarion L. Aquino, presiding.] dated September 28, 1994 of the Regional Trial Court of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Branch 5, in Criminal Case No. 6180 convicting accused-appellant Rodrigo Agsunod, Jr. y Bibay of the crime of Murder attended by the qualifying circumstance of abuse of superior strength, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalties provided under Article 41 of the Revised Penal Code, to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000.00 as indemnity and to pay the costs.

Appellant Rodrigo B. Agsunod, Jr. is a farmer,...