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PEOPLE vs Juan Panaga and Pablo Panaga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN PANAGA and PABLO PANAGA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 125967-70 | 1999-05-05

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

On 12 January 1996, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 3, of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, rendered in Criminal Cases No. 661, No. 663, No. 664 and No. 665 a decision finding accused Pablo Panaga and Juan Panaga, father and son, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder in all the four criminal cases and imposing upon them the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA in each of said cases plus various civil liabilities; viz:

"WHEREFORE, finding the two accused Pablo Panaga and Juan Panaga guilty beyond all reasonable doubt of the crime of murder as defined and penalized by Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code they are...