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PEOPLE vs. Guillermo Capadocia, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUILLERMO CAPADOCIA, ET AL., defendants, JOSE M. NAVA, ALFREDO PALMEJAR, MIGUEL ELEVADO and NAPOLEON NAVA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5796 | 1966-08-29

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

In the decision of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo now subject of this appeal, the following defendants were pronounced guilty: Jose M. Nava, of rebellion with murder - sentenced to suffer the capital penalty; Miguel Elevado, of simple rebellion, with the mitigating circumstance of lack of instruction - sentenced to six (6) years and one (1) day of prision mayor; Napoleon Nava and Alfredo Palmejar, of simple rebellion - each sentenced to six (6) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of prision mayor. The last three defendants appealed to the Court of Appeals, which certified the case to...