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PEOPLE vs. Ruben J. Rodriguez 103 Phil 1008

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN RODRIGUEZ Y JOVEN, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-11498 | 1958-05-30

D E C I S I O N


FELIX, J.:

Ruben Rodriguez, Leonardo Alvarez, Ernesto Desiderio and Felipe Tan alias Peping were charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila with the crime of murder. Felipe Tan not having been arrested, trial proceeded only with respect to the other 3 accused. But in the course of the hearing, Ernesto Desiderio was discharged as a defendant, on motion of the Fiscal, and used as Government witness. After trial, the Court found Ruben Rodriguez and Leonardo Alvarez guilty of the crime charged and sentenced each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the...