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PEOPLE Vs. Juanito Ibanez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JUANITO IBANEZ Y CARTICIANO @ JUANITO CARTICIANO, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 133923-24 | 2003-07-30

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

This is an automatic review of the joint decision,[1] dated March 10, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court (Branch 27), Cabanatuan City, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Court finds and so holds that the accused JUANITO IBAá'EZ Y GARTICIANO guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime[s] of MURDER and FRUSTRATED MURDER and sentences him to suffer the penalty of:

1. DEATH in Criminal Case No. 7564 (AF), and for him to indemnify the heirs of the deceased offended party in the amount of P50,000.00, and the amount of P100,000.00 representing actual damages.

No...