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People. Vs. Modesto Beraces, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MODESTO BERACES, SILVINO BIACOLO, JIMMY NICOLAS and FELIPE VILLA, defendants. MODESTO BERACES, SILVINO BIACOLO, JIMMY NICOLAS and FELIPE VILLA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-25016 | 1971-03-27

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

For the killing of Miguel Lomontod on the afternoon of March 7, 1959 in Barrio Ilijan, Sto. Niño, Samar, apparently attributable to differences arising from a claim for a share in the harvest by one of the accused and a dispute over ownership of a parcel of land by another, Modesto Beraces, Silvino Biacolo, Jimmy Nicolas, and Felipe Villa were prosecuted for murder in the Court of First Instance of Samar, Branch V. They were convicted and sentenced to reclusion perpetua. Hence this appeal. A careful study of the evidence of record fails to lend support to the main contention of appellants that their...