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People Vs. Eduardo Basin Javier

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO BASIN JAVIER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130654 | 1999-07-28

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision[1] dated April 15, 1997 of the Regional Trial Court of Agoo, La Union, Branch 32,[2] in Criminal Case No. A-3155, convicting accused-appellant Eduardo Javier of the crime of parricide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages and P21,730.00 as actual expenses.

The Information filed before the trial court which charged accused-appellant with the crime of parricide reads as follows:

"That on or about the 15th day of June 1996, in the Municipality of Santo Tomas, Province...