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PEOPLE. Vs. Vicente Tan, etal.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE TAN, EDDIE TAN, and FEDERICO FAJARDO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 75530 | 1989-12-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated June 26, 1986 of the Regional Trial Court of Lanao del Norte, 12th Judicial Region, Branch IV, Iligan City, finding appellants Vicente Tan, Eddie Tan and Federico Fajardo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the deceased Rodulfo Hinuctan in the sum of P30,000.00 1

The judgment of conviction was based on the following facts:

On March 18, 1986. at about 11:30 in the evening, Rodulfo Hinuctan, 28 years old, carpenter, with companions...