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PEOPLE vs. Marcelino Devaras, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO DEVARAS, FELIX CA?AS, FLORANTE SERRANO and BERNARDO DEVARAS, accused. MARCELINO DEVARAS, FELIX CA?AS and FLORANTE SERRANO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 48009 | 1992-02-03

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal to the Court of Appeals 1 interposed by the accused-appellants from the decision 2 of the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Leyte in Criminal Case No. 2042, promulgated on 22 April 1977, finding them guilty of the crime of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify, jointly and severally, the heirs of the victim in the amount of P12,000.00.

In view of the penalty imposed, 3 the trial court forwarded the records of the case to this Court which accepted the appeal in its resolution of 12 April 1976.
During the...