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PEOPLE vs Maximo Hernandez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO HERNANDEZ y DE GUZMAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130809 | 2000-03-15

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Maximo Hernandez y de Guzman assails the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, Branch 37, convicting him beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The facts of the case as culled from the records are as follows:

On January 3, 1992, at around 4:45 o'clock in the afternoon, Patricia Malunas de la Cruz was in her house at 2422 M. Hizon St. Sta. Cruz, Manila, when a man known only as "Tambol" arrived. Tambol was looking for Edgardo Torres who happened to live in the same house with Patricia. Since Edgardo at that time was...