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PEOPLE vs Bernabe Montemayor

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. BERNABE MONTEMAYOR alias “BABY,” appellant.

G.R. No. 125305 | 2003-06-18

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 41, convicting appellant Bernabe Montemayor alias "Baby" of murder, sentencing him to death by electrocution and ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim Leo Pontawe in the amount of P100,000 as civil indemnity; P200,000 as moral damages; P10,000 as exemplary damages; and P10,000 as consequential damages.

The Charge

On November 15, 1995, an Information[2] for murder was filed against the appellant which reads:

That on or about October 5, 1995 in the evening at [B]arangay Primicias, [M]unicipality of...