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PEOPLE Vs. Rolando Cruz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO CRUZ, alias "Tikboy" and RADING SASON (at large), accused, ROLANDO CRUZ, alias "Tikboy", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 74048 | 1990-11-14

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Accused-appellant Rolando Cruz, alias "Tikboy", appeals from the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Malabon, Metro Manila, Branch 169, finding him guilty of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the offended party in the amount of P30,000.00.

The factual background is as follows:

In the afternoon of November 25, 1983, Jesus Baang, married, 36 years old, fisherman, succumbed to three gunshot wounds on the head, chest and back. According to several eyewitnesses who were at the scene of the crime, his alleged assailant was Rading (Radito) Sason, but Rolando Cruz...