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People of the Phil. vs. Dominador D. Surongon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus DOMINADOR D. SURONGON, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 173478 | 2007-07-12

D E C I S I O N
 


GARCIA, J.:

Under consideration is this appeal by Dominador D. Surongon from the decision[1] dated January 19, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00372, affirming, with modification, an earlier decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Antipolo City, Branch 73, which found appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder for the death of one Allan Viduya y Cabidog and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua.


The case

On June 24, 1998, in the RTC of Antipolo City, an Information[3] for Murder was filed against herein appellant Dominador D. Surongon. Docketed in the same court as...