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PEOPLE vs Christopher Cana Leonor

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CHRISTOPHER CANA LEONOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125053 | 1999-03-25

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In the decision1 [Per Judge Amelita G. Tolentino, Original Record (OR), 1409-1430; Rollo, 21-42.] of 22 March 1996 in Criminal Case No. 95-212, the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque, Branch 274, found accused-appellant Christopher Caña Leonor guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of robbery with homicide and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death and to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000 as death indemnity; P44,318 as actual damages; P2 million as moral damages; and P50,000 as attorney's fees.

CHRISTOPHER was charged in an information2 [Rollo, 6. ] whose accusatory portion reads as follows:

That...