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PEOPLE vs Dennis Torpio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus DENNIS TORPIO y ESTRERA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 138984 | 2004-06-04

D E C I S I O N





CALLEJO, SR., J.:





This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Ormoc City, Branch 35, in Criminal Case No. 5217-0, finding appellant Dennis Torpio y Estrera guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder. The trial court sentenced him to suffer reclusion perpetua and ordered him to pay the victim's heirs the total amount of P200,000 as civil indemnity, actual damages and attorney's fees.



The appellant and his father Manuel Torpio were charged with murder for the killing of Anthony Rapas in an Amended Information that reads:





That on or about the 11th day of October 1997, at around...