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PEOPLE vs Jose Balleras

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE BALLERAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134564 | 2002-06-26

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Before this Court for automatic review is the Decision[1] dated June 8, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 46, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, in Criminal Case No. U-9381, convicting Jose Balleras of murder and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death, and to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Rufino Tambo, the sums of P20,000.00 for actual expenses and P50,000.00 as damages.

On October 21, 1997, an information was filed with the said RTC charging Jose Balleras with murder committed as follows:

"That on or about May 18, 1997, in the evening at barangay San Bonifacio, San Manuel,...