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People of the Philippines vs. Ruperto Dones a.k.a. Perto

People of the Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RUPERTO DONES a.k.a. Perto, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188329 | 2012-06-20

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

Before this Court is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated 28 April 2009, which affirmed the judgment[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gumaca, Quezon. The RTC found accused Ruperto Dones guilty of murder, for which sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay P50,000 as civil indemnity and P50,000 as moral damages.

For eight years, spouses Melanie and Tersiro de Gala worked as overseers of a fishpond owned by John Victoria and located in Sitio Bacolod.[3] On 15 January 2002, around 9:30 p.m., they were traversing...