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PEOPLE. Vs. Herminio Taaca, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERMINIO TAACA and REGALADO TAACA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 35652 | 1989-09-29

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision * of the then Circuit Criminal Court, First Judicial District, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, in Criminal Case No. I-100 promulgated on September 21, 1972, finding Herminio Taaca and Regalado Taaca guilty of the crime of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased, the dispositive portion (Rollo, p. 40) of which reads, as follows:

"WHEREFORE, this Court finds the accused, Herminio Taaca y Arellano and Regalado Taaca y Barcena, after trial on the merits, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt as co-principals in the...