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People Of The Philippines, Plaintiff-Appellee, Vs. Gil Tadeje Y Alger And Jose Men Doza Y Mallari, Accused-Appeellants.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GIL TADEJE y ALGER and JOSE MEN DOZA y MALLARI, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 123143 | 1999-07-19

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an automatic review of the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 217, convicting accused Gil Tadeje y Alger[2] and Jose Mendoza y Mallari of murder, and sentencing each of them to the supreme penalty of death, and to indemnify the heirs of the victim Antonio Alegre in the amount of forty thousand pesos (P40,000.00) as actual damages, and fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) as death indemnity.

On July 8, 1994, Assistant City Prosecutor Meynardo Bautista of Quezon City filed with the Regional Trial Court, Quezon City, an information charging Gil Tadeje y Alger...