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PEOPLE Vs. Mariano Umbrero, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO UMBRERO, ALFREDO COSTALES alias PIDO, JIMMY AGLUBA and LEON CERIA, accused, MARIANO UMBRERO, ALFREDO COSTALES @ Pido, and JIMMY AGLUBA, accused-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Alfredo J. Donato for accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 93021 | 1991-05-08

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Aparri, Branch 8, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing considerations, the Court finds the accused Mariano Umbrero, Jaime (Jimmy) Agluba and Alfredo Costales alias Pido, guilty of the crime of MURDER as defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code and therefore sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA; to pay jointly and severally an indemnity of THIRTY THOUSAND (P30,000.00) PESOS to the heirs of Alfonso Urbi; and each of them to pay 1/7 of the...