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People of the Philippines vs. Pablo Cudal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PABLO CUDAL, Accused- Appeellant.

G.R. No. 167502 | 2006-10-31

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.: 
 
Under final review is the Court of Appeals Decision[1] of February 11, 2005 affirming that of Branch 39 of the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan[2] convicting Pablo Cudal (appellant) of parricide and meting out to him the penalty of reclusion perpetua. 
 
About 2:00 o'clock in the morning of January 1, 1998,[3] as appellant arrived home in Barangay Bonlalacao, Mangatarem, Pangasinan from a drinking spree with his cousins and nephews, he roused his 79-year old father Crispin Cudal (the victim) from his sleep. Appellant then asked money from...