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PEOPLE vs Estorco, et al / Estorco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RONALD ESTORCO y DE LUNA, BUTCH BALLESTEROS, HENRY JUGUILON y NARVASA AND PETER DOE, accused/RONALD ESTORCO y DE LUNA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 111941 | 2000-04-27

D E C I S I O N


BUENA, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 44, in Crim. Case No. D-10756, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds accused Ronald Estorco y de Luna guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principal of the crime of Murder as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, and in view of the presence of the generic aggravating circumstances of superior strength and cruelty without being offset by any mitigating circumstance, and pursuant to law, hereby sentences Ronald Estorco y de Luna to suffer the penalty of Reclusion...