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PEOPLE vs. Norberto C. Clores

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NORBERTO CLORES y CORAL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 82362 | 1990-04-26

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

We affirm the Decision 1 promulgated on 7 March 1988 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Caloocan City, Branch 131, acting as a Special Criminal Court, finding Appellant, Norberto Clores y Coral, guilty of Murder for the killing of Rodolfo Reyes y de Paz and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P30,000.00; and to pay the costs.

The prosecution evidence, as narrated in the appealed Decision (pp. 1-2, Rollo, pp. 14-15), discloses that on 24 December 1986, at about 2:00 o'clock in the morning, Celso Escobar, the lone...