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PEOPLE vs. Jose Reapor, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE REAPOR y SAN JUAN, NORBERTO NANALE y ESPLANA, JOHN DOE, PETER DOE, RICHARD DOE, RICKY DOE, ALVIN DOE, RONALD DOE, STEVEN DOE and ARNOLD DOE, accused. / JOSE REAPOR y SAN JUAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130962 | 2001-10-05

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated June 2, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Naga City, Branch 28, finding appellant Jose Reapor y San Juan guilty of murder, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, and ordering him together with accused Norberto Nanale y Esplana to pay the surviving heirs of Larry Nivales the amount of P5,320 as actual damages, P50,000 as civil indemnity and P50,000 as moral damages.

The Information against them reads as follows:

The undersigned Assistant City Prosecutor of Naga City accuses JOSE REAPOR Y SAN JUAN, NORBERTO NANALE Y ESPLANA, JOHN DOE, PETER DOE, RICHARD DOE, RICKY DOE,...