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PEOPLE Vs. Eleuterio De Leon, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELEUTERIO DE LEON and REYNALDO MANAYAO, Accused. ELEUTERIO DE LEON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115367 | 1995-09-28

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused-appellant Eleuterio de Leon seeks the reversal of the decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bulacan, Branch 15, in Criminal Case No. 2320-M-92 finding him and his co-accused, Reynaldo Manayao, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua; to indemnify the heirs of the victim jointly in the amount of P50,000.00; and to pay the victim's wife the amounts of P180,000.00 as actual damages and P100,000.00 as moral damages. Accused Reynaldo Manayao chose not to appeal from the decision.

In an information filed...