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PEOPLE vs Edwin Naag and Joselito Alcantara

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDWIN NAAG y ROQUE and JOSELITO ALCANTARA, accused. EDWIN NAAG y ROQUE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123860 | 2000-01-20

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,1 [Rollo, pp. 23-31 (Per Judge Eliodoro G. Ubiadas)] dated November 15, 1995, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 72, Olongapo City, finding accused-appellant Edwin Naag y Roque guilty on two counts of murder aggravated by abuse of superior strength and sentencing him to suffer two terms of reclusion perpetua. Accused-appellant was ordered to pay the heirs of the deceased P38,000.00 for the funeral expenses, P100,000.00 for moral damages, and the costs.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

In an amended information, dated January 9, 1991, accused-appellant Edwin Naag y...