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PEOPLE vs Andres R. Macuha, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANDRES R. MACUHA and DIONARIO "Diony" NAZARENO (at-large), accused. ANDRES MACUHA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 110085 | 1999-07-06

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal of accused Andres R. Macuha from the decision1 [Penned by Judge Zorayda Herradora-Salcedo.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 27, Santa Cruz, Laguna, convicting him of murder, and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, and to pay the heirs of the victim Virgilio Pural, Jr., the sum of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00), and costs.

On September 10, 1990, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Felipe L. Arcigal, Jr. of Laguna filed with the Regional Trial Court, Laguna, an Information charging Andres R. Macuha and Dionario "Diony" Nazareno with murder, committed as follows:

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