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PEOPLE vs Juan Alcantara

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JUAN ALCANTARA and one alias Aying, Accused, JUAN ALCANTARA Appeellant.

G.R. No. 157669 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated September 26, 2002, of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 15, convicting appellant Juan Alcantara of the crime of robbery with homicide, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the parents of the victim, Liza Cabaral, P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P57,000.00 for hospitalization, funeral and burial expenses.

Appellant, together with another individual known only as alias "Aying," was charged with the crime of robbery with homicide under Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic...