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PEOPLE vs Resty Hormina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RESTY HORMINA, appellant.

G.R. No. 144383 | 2004-01-16

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Appellant Resty Hormina assails the decision[1] dated December 16, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 30, convicting him of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of Ricardo Felipe P60,000.00 as death indemnity, P20,700.00 for funeral expenses, and P100,000.00 in moral damages.

In an Information dated June 30, 1995, the City Prosecutor of Iloilo City charged Resty Hormina and Kevin Lozada with murder allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 13th day of June, 1995 in the City of Iloilo, Philippines and within the...