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PEOPLE vs Francisco

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BEN FRANCISCO y ARABIANA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121682 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Pablo P. Inventor.] of the Regional Trial Court, Kalookan City, Branch 123, finding accused-appellant Ben Francisco y Arabiana guilty of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim Jeffrey Fernandez y Villamor the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity and, in addition, the amounts of P50,000.00 as moral damages and P35,000.00 as actual damages.

The information against accused-appellant Ben Francisco y Arabiana and his co-accused Juan Francisco y Arabiana alleged:2 [Records, p. 1.]

That on or about the...