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PEOPLE vs Ricardo De La Cruz, Manuel De La Cruz et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO DELA CRUZ alias Pawid, MANUEL DELA CRUZ alias Pawid, DANILO DELA CRUZ and JOHN DOE alias HENRY BALINTAWAK and ORLANDO PADILLA y MENDOZA, accused. RICARDO DELA CRUZ alias Pawid, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125936 | 2000-02-23

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal taken by Ricardo Dela Cruz alias Pawid from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 20, Malolos, Bulacan1 [Rollo, RTC Decision, pp. 26-35.] convicting him of robbery with homicide and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim Glicerio Cruz in the amount of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) as civil indemnity for the death of the victim, fifty seven thousand eighty five pesos (P57,085.00) as reimbursement of funeral expenses, and twenty five thousand (P25,000.00) as moral damages.2 [In Criminal Case No. 2341-M-93, Decision, dated...