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PEOPLE vs Demetrio Decillo, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DEMETRIO DECILLO @ METRENG, ROLANDO DECILLO @ LANDO, accused, / DEMETRIO DECILLO @ METRENG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121408 | 2000-10-02

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Trece Martires City, Branch 23, in Criminal Case No. TM-775, convicting appellant, Demetrio Decillo, of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim, Dionisio Panganiban, the amount of P30,000.00 as indemnity, P30,000.00 as moral damages, and to pay the costs.

The established facts are as follows:

On November 18, 1990, at around 5:00 P.M., in Barrio Culliat, Barangay Panungyanan, General Trias, Cavite, the victim, appellant, co-accused Rolando Decillo, and some...