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PEOPLE vs Dumadag

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus EDGAR DUMADAG y CAGADAS, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 147196 | 2004-06-04

DECISION



CALLEJO, SR., J.:





Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of the City of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Branch 8, finding appellant Edgar Dumadag y Cagadas, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder; sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000 as civil indemnity and P50,000 as moral damages.







The Indictment



The appellant was charged with murder in an Information filed before the Regional Trial Court of Malaybalay, the accusatory portion of which is herein quoted:

That on or about the 24th day of June 1999, in the afternoon,...