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PEOPLE vs Dominador De La Cruz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOMINADOR DE LA CRUZ alias "BOYET," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128362 | 2001-01-16

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 86, Cabanatuan City, finding accused-appellant Dominador De la Cruz, alias "Boyet," guilty of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to pay the heirs of the victim Manolito Cauba, alias "Lito," the amounts of P20,000.00 as actual damages and expenses and P80,000.00 as moral damages, and to pay the costs.

The information alleged -

That on or about the 6th day of July 1993, in the City of Cabanatuan, Republic of the Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named...