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PEOPLE vs. Vicente Mendoza 091 Phil 58

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE MENDOZA, HILARION MENDOZA, and EMILIANO SINU-AG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-4146 and L-4147 | 1952-03-28

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

In the Court of First Instance of Occidental Negros defendants- appellants Vicente Mendoza, his brother Hilarion Mendoza and Emiliano Sinu-ag, were charged with murder for the killing of Pio Concerman, and in a separate case, appellant Hilarion Mendoza was also accused of serious physical injuries for wounding Simplicio Concerman, brother of Pio Concerman, in the left side of the chest. Because the two crimes were said to have been committed on the same occasion the two cases were tried jointly by agreement of the parties and after trial, the lower court in a single decision found Hilarion Mendoza guilty...