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PEOPLE vs. Jesus Hecto

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS HECTO, PEDRO HECTO and LORETO HECTO, accused, PEDRO HECTO and LORETO HECTO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-52787 | 1985-02-28

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

From the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Leyte, rendered after trial in Criminal Case No. 1093, finding accused Pedro Hecto and Loreto Hecto guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder with direct assault upon a person in authority and sentencing "each of them to the death penalty to be executed at a date to be set and in the manner provided for by law and to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of Barrio Captain Catalino Pedrosa (represented by Mrs. Caridad B. Pedrosa of San Isidro, Dulag, Leyte) in the amount of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency...