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Jose Frias, Jr. vs. People

JOSE FRIAS, JR. and GERVACIO TACAS, petitioners-appellant, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and SANDIGANBAYAN, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. L-65762 | 1984-06-23

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

In this petition for review by certiorari, petitioners-appellants seek reversal of the decision of the Sandiganbayan, the dispositive part of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, accused P/Cpl. GERVACIO TACAS and JOSE FRIAS, JR. are hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principals of the crime of Murder, qualified by taking advantage of superior strength, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code. Taking into account the mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender without any aggravating circumstance to offset the same and applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, both accused are each...