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People of the Philippines Vs. Noel Cuasay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus NOEL CUASAY, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 180512 | 2008-10-17

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the July 31, 2007 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00625 which affirmed with modification the March 13, 2003 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 40 in Calapan City in Criminal Case No. C-5385, finding accused-appellant Noel Cuasay guilty of murder qualified by treachery. The CA awarded PhP 25,000 as exemplary damages to the heirs of the victim but deleted the award of PhP 50,000 as moral and exemplary damages.

The Facts

The case started with an information charging accused-appellant with the crime of murder as follows:

That on...