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People vs PO3 Armando Dalag

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PO3 ARMANDO DALAG y CUSTODIO, appellant.

G.R. No. 129895 | 2003-04-30

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the 10 January 1997 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City, Branch 42, in Criminal Case No. 17838, finding appellant PO3 Armando Dalag guilty beyond reasonable doubt of parricide for killing his wife, Leah Nolido Dalag. The trial court imposed upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordered him to pay their children P50,000 as civil indemnity.

The amended Information against the appellant reads:

The undersigned Assistant City Prosecutor accuses PO3 Armando C. Dalag of the crime of PARRICIDE (Under Art. 246 of the RPC, as amended by RA 7659, committed as follows:

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