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PEOPLE vs. Valentin Custodio, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VALENTIN CUSTODIO, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-7442 | 1955-10-24

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

Appellants, Valentin Custodio and his two brothers, Tomas and Silvestre, seek reversal of a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Quezon (Criminal Case No. 11464) sentencing them to reclusion perpetua with the opposite accessory penalties and costs, for the murder of one Melanio Balancio, and to pay jointly and severally, an indemnity of P6,000 to the heirs of the deceased.

The evidence is that in the evening of February 22, 1953, the spouses Melanio Balancio and Ines Edovas were wakened by the bleating of a goat in the corral near their home in barrio Mangalang, Sariaya, Quezon. The husband...