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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Jovellano, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NOEL JOVELLANO y RICAFRENTE, ET AL., defendants, ARTURO SANTOS y CLEOFAS and GIL JOVELLANO y RICAFRENTE, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-32421 | 1974-03-27

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal by defendants Arturo Santos and Gil Jovellano from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Quezon City, Branch XVIII, in Criminal Case No. Q-9636, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the defendants Arturo Santos and Gil Jovellano, guilty beyond reasonable doubt, as principals, of the crime of Murder, and there being no aggravating nor mitigating circumstances, hereby sentences each of them to a penalty of life imprisonment.

The Court further finds the defendant Ramon Luz, as an accomplice, of the crime of murder, and there being no aggravating nor...