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PEOPLE Vs. Gorgonio G. Buntan, Sr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GORGONIO BUNTAN, SR. Y GERVACIO and JOHN DOE @ BAMMY, accused. GORGONIO BUNTAN, SR. Y GERVACIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 90736 | 1993-04-12

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the 29 August 1989 Decision of Branch 169 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malabon, Metro Manila, in Criminal Case No. 3918-MN, finding the appellant Gorgonio Buntan, Sr. guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, imposing upon him the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA and ordering him to jointly and severally pay the heirs of the victim the sum of P30,000.00. 1

The information was filed with the court a quo on 13 February 1986. It charges the appellant and one John Doe, @ "Bammy," with the crime of Murder allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about the 2nd day...