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PEOPLE vs George Wad-As

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. GEORGE WAD-AS, appellant.

G.R. No. 146103 | 2002-11-21

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Appellant George Wad-as (hereafter WAD-AS) challenges the decision of 21 August 2000 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Baguio City, in Criminal Case No. 15986-R finding him guilty of murder for the killing of Mario Olpindo (hereafter OLPINDO), and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000 as civil indemnity; P55,000 as actual damages; P200,000 as moral damages; and P1,481,666.50 as unearned income.[1]

WAD-AS was accused of murder under an Information which reads as follows:

That on or about the 8th day of September 1998, in the City of...