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PEOPLE vs Madelo Espina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MADELO ESPINA Y CA?ASARES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123102 | 2000-02-29

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated September 4, 1995, of the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan, Branch 141 [Judge Felipe N. Villajuan, Jr., presiding.] convicting appellant of the crime of murder, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim the at amounts of P100,000.00, as indemnity, P15,000.00 as funeral expenses, and P50,000.00 as damages.

Appellant, a 17 year-old jeepney conductor, was charged with murder for the killing of Ma. Nympha Belen y Melano, a 21 year-old mental retardate.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On July 1, 1993, at...