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PEOPLE vs Amadeo Acaya

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMADEO I. ACAYA,1 [The records merely indicated his middle initial, not his middle name.] accused-appellant

G.R. No. 108381 | 2000-03-07

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated November 9, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Batanes, Branch 13, in Criminal Case No. 591, convicting appellant of the crime of murder, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim the amount of P100,000.00 as moral damages and P50,000.00 as death indemnity, and to pay the costs.

Appellant, a 32 year-old soldier, was assigned to the former Philippine Constabulary - Integrated National Police (PC-INP) Command of Basco, Batanes.

The victim was Efren V. Rodriguez, a 22 year-old farmer from Barangay San Joaquin,...