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People vs. Ludring Valdez, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUDRING VALDEZ, ALLEN VALDEZ, JOSE TABOAC, JR. and AMANDITO T. TABION, accused. / LUDRING VALDEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128105 | 2001-01-24

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan, Branch 45, Urdaneta convicting Ludring Valdez and Jose Taboac, Jr., of murder, sentencing them to reclusion perpetua and to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased Eusebio Ocreto in the amount of P50,000.00, as indemnity for the death of the victim, P20,000.00 as actual damages, P200,000.00 as moral damages, and costs.

On May 17, 1993, Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Jaime V. Veniegas of Pangasinan filed with the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan, an information charging Ludring Valdez, Jose Taboac, Jr.,...