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People vs. Domingo Lachica and Ferdinand Punzalan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs., DOMINGO LACHICA,1 accused-appellant. [His co-accused, Januario dele Cruz was convicted by the Supreme Court in G.R. No. 84714 on October 5, 1990 (190 SCRA 328), while Ferdinand Punzalan is still at large.]

G.R. No. 94432 | 1999-10-12

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision2 [Penned by Judge Santiago C. Maliwanag.] dated July 11, 1990 of the Regional Trial Court of Zambales, Branch 71, in Criminal Case No. RTC-457-I, convicting appellant Domingo Lachica of the crime of murder, and sentencing him thus:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, qualified by evident-premiditation (sic) and attended by the generic aggravating circumstance of Treachery and Use of a Motor Vehicle, the Court hereby sentences the accused Domingo Lachica to an imprisonment of RECLUSION PERPETUA and to jointly and severally,...