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People vs. Palabrica y Barcuma

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO PALABRICA y BARCUMA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129285 | 2001-05-07

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This case is here on automatic review of the decision,[1] dated February 26, 1997, of the Regional Trial court, Branch 58, of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, finding accused-appellant Roberto Palabrica y Barcuma guilty of murder for the killing of Vic Jun Silvano[2] on August 17, 1995 and sentencing him to death and ordering him to pay the deceased's mother, Conchita Silvano, P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P11,169.00 as damages for medicines, transportation of the cadaver, and funeral expenses.

It appears that during a storm on October 28, 1995, accused-appellant escaped from jail.[3] He subsequently...