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PEOPLE vs. Satorre, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO SATORRE and PAULINO RONDINA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26282 | 1976-08-27

R E S O L U T I O N

CONCEPCION JR., J:

In Criminal Case No. 2641 of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Branch VI, the accused Benito Satorre and Paulino Rondina were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of double murder and were sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each of the two murders, to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of each of the deceased Carlos Espina and Loreto Silva the sum of Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay the costs. 1
Both accused appealed to this Court.

On February 13, 1976, a letter addressed to the Clerk of...