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PEOPLE vs Leopoldo and Loreto Aguino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEOPOLDO AQUINO alias Poldong and LORETO AQUINO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 126047 | 1999-09-16

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

LEOPOLDO AQUINO alias Poldong and LORETO AQUINO, brothers, appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court, Br. 32, Agoo, La Union, finding them guilty of murder and sentencing them to reclusion perpetua, to pay the heirs of Loreto Cecilio P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P21,596.00 for actual expenses, P100,000.00 as moral damages, and the costs.1 [Decision dated 4 January 1994 by Presiding Judge Leo M. Rapatalo.]

On the night of 23 December 1988 Loreto Cecilio attended a Christmas dance in Bgy. Dulao, Aringay, La Union. Prosecution witness Pablo Medriano Jr. narrated in court that on the same...