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PEOPLE vs Rogelio Calago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO CALAGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 141122 | 2002-04-22

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Barili, Cebu, Branch 60, finding the appellant, ROGELIO CALAGO, guilty of murder in Criminal Case No. CEB-BRL-214. The appellant was sentenced to suffer reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay the heirs of the victim, Arnulfo Lonzaga, the sum of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity.

The records show that an Information dated January 29, 1997, the appellant was accused of stabbing Arnulfo Lonzaga to death with the use of a sharp bladed weapon (plamingko), hitting the latter "at the lower portion of his left chest, right chest wall and left thigh." The...