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PEOPLE Vs. Elmo Catua, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELMO CATUA, PETER CATUA and RUBEN CATUA, defendant-appellants.

G.R. No. 101367 | 1992-03-23

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This case was certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals pursuant to Section 13, Rule 124 of the Revised Rules of Court because it imposed two (2) penalties of reclusion perpetua on each of the three (3) defendants-appellants.

The appellants were charged with the crime of Double Murder under Article 248, in relation to Article 48, of the Revised Penal Code, in an information alleging

"That on or about February 21, 1986, in the municipality of Kapalong, Province of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above named accused, conspiring, confederating and...