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PEOPLE vs. Nicolas Canamo, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICOLAS CANAMO, JUANCHO MAHUSAY AND LITO BULANGAN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-62043 | 1985-08-13

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Appellants Antonio Canamo, Nicolas Canamo, Juancho Mahusay and Lito Bulangan were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder by Judge Regino Hermosisima, Jr. of the then Circuit Criminal Court of Cebu City and were sentenced "to the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, with the accessory penalties of the law; to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Henry Vercide in the sum of P12,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency; and to pay proportionate costs," (p. 83, Record).

Prosecution evidence shows that in the evening of May 14, 1981, witnesses Norman Inocando and Alden Cobcoban...