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PEOPLE vs Romeo Fernandez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO FERNANDEZ @ “BONG DAGIS,” accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134762 | 2002-07-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated March 13, 1998 by the Regional Trial Court of Malabon, Metro Manila, Branch 72, in Criminal Case No. 18339-MN, convicting appellant Romeo Fernandez a.k.a. "Bong Dagis," of murder and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and sentencing him to pay the heirs of the victim the sum of P50,000 as civil indemnity, P35,000 as actual damages, P50,000 as moral damages, and to pay the costs.

The facts of the case are culled from the records.

In an information dated August 20, 1997, appellant Romeo Fernandez was indicted for murder, allegedly committed as...