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PEOPLE vs. Jaime Pingkian, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAIME PINGKIAN, et al., accused, FELIX PINGKIAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-50688 | 1981-08-31

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

From the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court of Misamis Oriental convicting him of the crime of murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment and to indemnify the widow of the victim in the sum of P12,000.00 and another sum of P5,200.00 for funeral expenses and the costs, Felix Pingkian, the only one of four accused in this case who was convicted, the other three Jaime Pingkian, Jose Baculanta, and Eleuterio Maderazo having been acquitted on ground of reasonable doubt, took the present appeal.

The facts as found by the trial court, and as restated in the People's brief, from which We quote, are as...