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PEOPLE Vs. Jerryvie Gumayao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JERRYVIE GUMAYAO y DAHAO @ BIVIE, appellant.

G.R. No. 138933 | 2003-10-28

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated March 31, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 8, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, convicting appellant Jerryvie Gumayao of the crime of murder, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to indemnify the heirs of his victim Concordio Sulogan in the sum of P50,000.

The appellant was charged in an Information, docketed as Criminal Case No. 8437-97 which reads:

That on or about the 28th day of December, 1996, in the evening at Purok 2, barangay Kalasungay, municipality of Malaybalay, province of Bukidnon, Philippines, and within the...