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People vs. Plateros

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WARLITO PLATEROS Y CALATRAVA, alias BABIE, and MURILLO LAHOY Y BUENO, alias BOY, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-37162 | 1978-05-30

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Warlito Plateros and Murillo Lahoy appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Bohol dated May 17, 1973, finding them guilty of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua and ordering them to pay solidarily to the heirs of Pedro Candel an indemnity of P12,000 (Criminal Case No. 566).

In that same decisions, the trial court convicted Lahoy of attempted murder (Plateros, his co-accused, was acquitted) and sentenced him to an indeterminate penalty of two years, four months and one day of prision correccional as minimum, to six years and one day of prision mayor, as maximum, and to pay...