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PEOPLE vs. Epifanio Manabat 100 Phil 603

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EPIFANIO MANABAT, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-8904-5 | 1956-12-28

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, finding Epifanio Manabat, guilty of robbery in band in G. R. No. L-8904 and of murder in G. R. No. L-8905, sentencing him in the first case to 12 years, 5 months and 1 day of reclusion temporal, to indemnify Mayor Villaroman in the sum of P17,500, and to pay the costs, and in the second case, to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the heirs of Teofila Puno in the sum of P6,000, and to pay the costs. The above cases were heard in a joint trial and upon two separate informations. Only one brief was filed by counsel for accused-...