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Antonieto Labong vs PEOPLE

ANTONIETO LABONG @ ONIET, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 137014 | 2002-01-16

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

Appeal via certiorari from the decision of the Court of Appeals[1] affirming that of the trial court[2] finding petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of homicide and sentencing him to an indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years of prision mayor as minimum, to sixteen (16) years of reclusion temporal, as maximum, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Raul Batulan in the amount of P50,000.00 and another P50,000.00 as moral damages[3] and to pay the costs.

The Facts

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

"On the night of January 31, 1993, prosecution witness Judy Rom y...