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PEOPLE vs Loredo Real y Rizo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LOREDO REAL y RIZO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121930 | 1999-06-14

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

What is before us is an appeal from a decision1 [Penned by Judge Placido C. Marquez, Rollo, pp. 23-33.] of the Regional Trial Court, Romblon, Branch 81, convicting accused-appellant Loredo Real y Rizo of murder and sentencing him to the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all accessory penalties of the law and to pay the heirs of the deceased P36,000.00, as actual damages, P300,000.00, by way of moral damages, P49,381.19, for loss of earning capacity, P30,000.00, for attorney's fees, P50,000.00, as death indemnity and costs.

The victim was Noe Tarrosa, the mayor of Cajidiocan, Romblon, who died on the spot,...