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PEOPLE vs CORNELIO CABUG

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CORNELIO CABUG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123149 | 2001-03-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 36, General Santos City, finding accused-appellant Cornelio Cabug guilty of the crime of parricide and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalties provided by law and ordering him to pay P70,000.00 to the children of the deceased as indemnity.

The information against accused-appellant alleged -

That on or about 11:30 o'clock in the evening of August 15, 1992, at Roca Subdivision, Apopong, General Santos City, Philippines, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused...