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PEOPLE. Vs. Carlo M. Lagrana, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLO LAGRANA y MA?IBO and FRANGELINE SALAZAR, accused, CARLO LAGRANA y MA?IBO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-68790 | 1987-01-23

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The accused, Carlo LAGRANA, appeals from the judgment of the Regional Trial Court, Oriental Mindoro (Calapan), Branch 39, convicting him, as principal, of Murder, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased, Benito Adarlo, in the amount of P8,000.00.

The other accused, Frangeline SALAZAR, who was found guilty as an accomplice and sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty, did not appeal. 1

The evidence for the prosecution discloses that at around 8:00 P.M. on 3 December 1981, Benito Adarlo (the Victim, for short) was seated along the road near the store of...