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PEOPLE vs Federico Lopez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO LOPEZ @ AMBOY LOPEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119380 | 1999-08-19

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Pedro C. Cacho.] of the Regional Trial Court of Pangasinan (Branch 52), finding accused-appellant guilty of two counts of murder and one count of frustrated murder and ordering him to pay a total of P204,300.00 in damages.

The Information2 [Records, p. 2.] against accused-appellant charged:

That on or about the 15th day of November, 1991, in the evening, at Brgy. Nancalabasaan, municipality of Umingan, province of Pangasinan, New Republic of the Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused together with one John...