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PEOPLE Vs. Oscar Perez.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. OSCAR PEREZ, appellant.

G.R. No. 134485 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated May 15, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 85, in Criminal Case No. 747-M-95, finding appellant Oscar Perez guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder for the killing of Ildefonso Balite, imposing on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the victim the sum of P50,000.

The Antecedents

The Spouses Ildefonso Balite and his wife Rowena lived in a tenement housing unit located at Maria Ramona Subdivision, Barangay Tabang, Plaridel, Bulacan.[2] The Spouses Artemio and Emerencia Santos...