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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Bongo, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUILLERMO BONGO, RUPERTO CONTREDAS and MANUEL FRANCISCO, accused; RUPERTO CONTREDAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-26909 | 1974-02-22

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is an appeal of defendant Ruperto Contredas (or Contridas, not Contreras) from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Masbate, finding him and his co-accused, Guillermo Bongo, guilty of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua and ordering them to indemnify the heirs of Marianito Dillamas (Dellamas) in the sum of six thousand pesos and to pay two-thirds of the costs. Bongo did not appeal. Defendant Manuel Francisco was acquitted on the ground of reasonable doubt (Criminal Case No. 5043).

Appellant Contredas has raised a jurisdictional issue. He contends that the trial court did not...