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PEOPLE vs Roberto Salvador, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO SALVADOR and JOHN DOE, accused, ROBERTO SALVADOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132481 | 2002-08-14

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Guimba, Nueva Ecija, finding Roberto Salvador guilty of murder and sentencing him to death and to pay the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity for the killing of Florencio Valeroso in Quezon, Nueva Ecija on June 5, 1996.

The information alleged:

That on or about the 5th day of June 1996, in the Municipality of Quezon, Province of Nueva Ecija, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill and being armed with a short firearm and with treachery, did then...