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PEOPLE vs Maximo Rabang, Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO (DAGIT) RABANG, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 105374 | 1999-09-29

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal taken by accused Maximo (Dagit) Rabang, Jr. from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Aparri, Cagayan,1 [In Criminal Case No. VII-691, Decision, dated January 20, 1992, Judge Antonino A. Aquilizan, presiding.] convicting him of murder, and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, and to pay the heirs of the victim Floramante Talaro the amount of fifty thousand (P50,000.00) pesos as death compensation, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

On July 24, 1991, Provincial Prosecutor Alejandro A. Pulido of Tuguegarao, Cagayan,...