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People of the Phil. vs. Alcantara,et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO ALCANTARA alias Pantocoy, ENRIQUE CAGSAWA and MANUEL GUINTO, defendants, PEDRO ALCANTARA alias Pantocoy, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-26867 | 1970-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


CASTRO, J: 

This appeal was interposed by Pedro Alcantara from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Samar (Branch IV-Catarman) in its criminal case C-1089, adjudging him guilty of the crime of murder. The dispositive part thereof reads as follows: 

"WHEREFORE, accused Pedro Alcantara alias Pantocoy is hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder' and there being proven the aggravating circumstance of taking advantage of superior strength without any mitigating circumstance to offset the same, sentences him to DEATH, to indemnify the heirs of Felipe Avendaño the sum of P6,000.00...