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PEOPLE vs. Romeo Villanueva, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO VILLANUEVA, RAMON ESGUERRA (Deceased), AUGUSTO GARCIA, CARLITO BORJA (Deceased), FAUSTO CAPILI, BENITO BALAGTAS, MARIO YUMUL, SALVADOR VILLAFLOR, ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ, MANUEL DUMDOM, ROMUALDO RECALDE, EDUARDO PRADO, and RODOLFO IBA?EZ (Deceased), defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-32274 | 1984-04-02

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Before us for automatic review is the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court of Pasig, Seventh Judicial District, finding defendants-appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER of Bonifacio Davis y Aldamea and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of DEATH; to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the deceased Bonifacio Davis y Aldamea in the amount of P12,000.00; to pay the additional amount of P20,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency considering the gravity of the penalty that was imposed; and to pay their...