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PEOPLE vs. Asterio Valera 122 Phil. 573

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ASTERIO VALERA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-20286 | 1965-10-29

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA, ANGELO, J.: 

Asterio Valera, together with Domingo Bodaño and Zacarias Molina, was charged with attempted robbery with murder in an information filed before the Court of First Instance of Abra. After the prosecution had rested its case, on motion of special counsel of the government, the trial court quashed the charge against Domingo Bodaño and Zacarias Molina for insufficiency of evidence. Thereupon, the hearing of the case proceeded against Asterio Valera. 

After trial, the lower court found Valera guilty as charged sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, as well as to indemnify...