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PEOPLE Vs. Domingo P. De Mesa, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOMINGO DE MESA Y PANTALEON and MARIO DE MESA, accused. DOMINGO DE MESA Y PANTALEON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 87216 | 1990-07-28

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This is an appeal brought before this Court by appellant, Domingo de Mesa y Pantaleon, from a Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 104 (Special Criminal Court), 1 dated 1 February 1989, which adjudged him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the sum of one hundred thousand (P100,000.00) pesos representing actual, compensatory and moral damages, and to pay the costs.

The prosecution presented as a witness, Crisostomo Mapalad, a helper in Yolly's Canteen,...