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PEOPLE vs Luisito Paglinawan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUISITO PAGLINAWAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123094 | 2000-01-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Cipriano B. Alvizo, Jr.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 4, Butuan City, finding accused-appellant guilty of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim P10,000.00 as compensatory damages and P50,000.00 as indemnity.

The information against accused-appellant alleged:

That on or about the 20th day of March, 1989, at 9:30 o'clock in the evening, more or less, at Barangay Lingayao, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused,...