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People vs. Yu, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTEBAN YU, ANTONIO NOVILLA, FELIPE VILLAFUERTE and TEOTIMO PAALA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-29667 | 1977-11-29

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Esteban Yu and Antonio Novilla appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Carigara branch, convicting them of murder and sentencing them, respectively, to an indeterminate penalty of ten years and one day of prision mayor to seventeen years, four months and one day of reclusion temporal and ten years and one day of prision mayor to fifteen years, eight months and one day of reclusion temporal and to pay solidarity to the heirs of Cipriano Velarde an indemnity of four thousand pesos (Criminal Case No. 839).

Felipe Villafuerte and Teotimo Paala also appealed from the same decision...