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People vs. Urro, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. IRENEO URRO, GUILLERMO DE LA CERNA, ELADIO DIANA and MEDRICO ARINASA. * defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-28405 | 1972-04-27

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

An appeal from the decision promulgated on September 12, 1967 by the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Sur finding the four herein accused guilty as charged of murder for the death of the deceased Cornelio Reconalla and sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua, to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased the amount, of P6,000.00, to suffer the accessory penalties of the law and to pay the costs.

The lower court's all too-brief 4-page judgment of conviction states its appreciation of the evidence and of the applicable law, as follows:

"The four accused Ireneo Urro, Guillermo dela...