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PEOPLE vs. Alfredo Suguran

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. FRANCISCO CABACTULAN, ALFREDO SUGURAN, JAIME LAPINGKAW and JOHN DOE, accused. ALFREDO SUGURAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 84398 | 1992-12-02

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

In the present recourse, accused-appellant Alfredo Suguran seeks a reversal of the judgment rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, 10th Judicial Region, Branch XXI, finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment together with all its accessory penalties, and to further indemnify the heirs of the deceased Pio Yagma in the amount of P30,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment. 1

The records show that on May 5, 1985, an information 2 was filed with the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch XVIII,...