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PEOPLE. Vs. Pablo C. Gallo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. PABLO GALLO y CATANOY, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 70193-96 | 1988-01-11

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Under separate informations, seven accused were charged of the crime of murder. One pleaded guilty to the lesser crime of homicide, and was sentenced accordingly; 1 two were acquitted by the trial court; 2 while the other four, including the appellant, were convicted, after trial, of the lesser crime of homicide, and "sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty ranging from seventeen (17) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to 20 years of reclusion temporal, as maximum. 3 Three of the accused appealed but only appellant Gallo filed an appellant's brief. Hence, the...