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PEOPLE vs Esmana and Ginang

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GALING ESMANA and DAGA GINANG, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 137035 | 2000-11-23

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 20, Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, convicting Galing Esmana and Daga Ginang of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua, and to pay the amount of fifty thousand (P50,000.00) pesos as indemnity, twenty thousand (P20,000.00) pesos as actual damages, thirty thousand (P30,000.00) pesos as moral damages, twenty thousand (P20,000.00) pesos as exemplary damages, and costs.

On September 19, 1995, First Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Emmanuel S. De Peralta of Sultan Kudarat filed with the Regional Trial Court, Tacurong, Sultan...