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PEOPLE vs Gerardo Latupan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERARDO LATUPAN y SIBAL, alias JERRY, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 112453-56 | 2001-06-28

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Tuao, Cagayan, Branch 11 convicting Gerardo Latupan y Sibal, alias Jerry of the complex crime of double murder and sentencing him to "life imprisonment" and to indemnify the heirs of the two victims in the amount of fifty thousand (P50,000.00) pesos each. The court also convicted accused Gerardo Latupan of inflicting physical injuries to Jaime Asuncion, and sentenced him to "ten days imprisonment" and to pay two hundred (P200.00) pesos as indemnity.

On April 13, 1992, Provincial Prosecutor Alejandro A. Pulido of Cagayan filed with the...