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PEOPLE vs. Jose Repato, Et Al.116 Phil. 506

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE REPATO and FELICIANO NATAD, defendants. JOSE REPATO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17892 | 1962-09-29

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

 Jose Repato and Feliciano Natad were charged before the CFI of Pangasinan, with the crime of Murder. After trial, the court a quo returned a verdict of guilt against Jose Repato and sentenced him to suffer reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Prudencio Vallo, in the sum of P6,000.00 and to pay one-half (1/2) of the costs, and acquitted Natad, on reasonable doubt. 

 In the early morning of September 1, 1960, the body of Prudencio Vallo was found on the side of the barrio road at Bacacleo, Aguilar, Pangasinan. An autopsy performed by the Municipal Health Officer, Dr....