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PEOPLE vs Dionisio Labitad

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIONISIO LABITAD y MIJARES alias LANTOY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132793 | 2002-05-07

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 18, convicting accused-appellant of the crime of Murder; sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P50,000.00, and to pay the costs.

The Information against accused-appellant reads:

That on or about the 13th day of July 1997, at about 3:30 P.M., in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, armed with a deadly weapon locally known as plamingko, with intent to kill...