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PEOPLE. Vs. Reuben D. Pimentel, etal.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REUBEN PIMENTEL Y DEQUIS, FRANCISCO CABALBAG Y CAPA alias PARAN, PABLO LAZO Y APALES, ARSENIO AQUINO Y CANLAS and TONY DOE, accused, PABLO LAZO Y APALES, appellant.

G.R. No. L-47915 | 1987-01-07

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated May 31, 1977, of the then Court of First Instance of Baguio and Benguet, finding the accused Reuben Pimentel y Dequis, Francisco Cabalbag y Capa alias Paran, and Pablo Lazo y Apales guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder with assault upon an agent of a person in authority and sentencing them to the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties provided for by law, and to pay jointly and severally the sum of P12,000.00 to the heirs of the victim Corporal Benito Benabese for six years, two months and twelve days and to pay equally their...