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PEOPLE vs Rufino Gamer

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUFINO GAMER y MALIT, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115984 | 2000-02-29

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated April 8, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court of Angeles City, Branch 57,1 [Judge Mariano C. Del Castillo, presiding.] convicting appellant of the crime of carnapping, imposing upon him the penalty of life imprisonment, and ordering him to pay private complainant the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity, P14,000.00 as funeral expenses, P45,000.00 as cost of the burial lot and P40,000.00 for the value of the properties stolen.

The facts, based on the records, are as follows:

On September 25, 1989, at around 8:30 p.m., at the Villa Emilia Subdivision, Paralaya, Porac, Pampanga,...