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PEOPLE vs Manuel Galvez y Estanislao

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL GALVEZ y ESTANISLAO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136790 | 2001-03-26

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,[1] dated November 18, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 127, Caloocan City, finding accused-appellant Manuel Galvez y Estanislao guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the legal heirs of the victim P50,000.00 as indemnity, P30,000.00 as actual damages, P30,000.00 as moral damages, P30,000.00 as exemplary damages, and the costs.

The information against accused-appellant Galvez alleged

That on or about the 9th day of May 1998 in Caloocan City, Metro Manila and within the...