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People vs. Lanza

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEODORO LANZA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31782 | 1979-12-14

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Norte, Criminal Case No. 4626, finding appellant Teodoro Lanza guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessories of the law; to indemnify the lawful heirs of the deceased in the sum of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency; to pay the widow of said deceased the sum of P2,000.00 as moral damages and P500.00 as hospital and burial expenses; and to pay the costs.

In a complaint filed by the Acting Chief of Police of Dipolog,...