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PEOPLE vs Walter Melencion Alias Teting

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WALTER MELENCION alias TETING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121902 | 2001-03-26

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to annul and set aside the 12 April 1995 Decision of the court a quo[1] which declared Eulalio Autida y Bantilan also known as Eutiquio Autida alias Yoly and Walter Melencion y Orapa alias Teting guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder by conspiracy aggravated by abuse of superior strength and treachery. The trial court sentenced both accused to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, including its accessory penalties, and to pay the heirs of their victim the sum of P6,000.00 as actual damages and P50,000.00 as moral damages without...