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PEOPLE Vs. Antonio Peralta, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO PERALTA y ARENAS alias "Toniong", defendant-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Marcelino M. Urbano for defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 67702 | 1991-01-18

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

Antonio Peralta y Arenas Alias "Toniong" appeals from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pangasinan, Branch XXXIX at Lingayen 1 finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder with double less serious physical injuries, imposing on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of Margarita Talleser in the amount of P12,000. 2

At around 2:00 o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1982, Margarita Talleser was feeding her mother, Veronica Talleser, who had been suffering from diarrhea for more than a week. With them in that room in the house of Veronica's...