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PEOPLE vs Intoy Gallo @ Palalam a.k.a Aniceto Gallo, Antonio Pesedas & John Doe

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. INTOY GALLO @ PALALAM, A.K.A. ANICETO GALLO, ANTONIO PESEDAS, and JOHN DOE, accused./INTOY GALLO @ PALALAM, A.K.A. ANICETO GALLO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133002 | 2001-10-19

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated October 1, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Tacloban City, Branch 7, finding appellant, Intoy Gallo, guilty of murder. It sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amounts of P31,000 as moral damages and P50,000 as death indemnity, and to pay the costs.

Appellant was originally charged with Antonio Pesedas and one John Doe for murder. The Information reads:

That on or about the 28th day of May, 1990, in the City of Tacloban, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...