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PEOPLE vs. Mariano Bacay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO BACAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38787 | 1984-09-12

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, finding Mariano Bacay guilty of the crime of murder, qualified by abuse of superior strength, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Pedro Macatangay in the amount of P12,000.00.

The gravamen of the charge, in the language of the information, is recited thus:

"That on or about the 20th day of February 1971, in the Barrio Mangalang I, (Aratan), Municipality of Sariaya, Province of Quezon, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said...