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PEOPLE vs Altabano, Caro, Carolascano, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO ALTABANO y ELLORIN, BENJAMIN CARO y YU, CYNTHIA ALTABANO y CARO, CORAZON CARO-LASCANO AND RUBEN LASCANO alias Bentot, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 121344 | 1999-10-29

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

This is a an appeal from the Decision1 [Dated May 29, 1995; Rollo, pp. 16-35.] of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 121,2 [Presided by Judge Adoracion G. Angeles.] in Criminal Case No. 121344, finding Eduardo Altabano y Ellorin and Benjamin Caro y Yu, guilty of Murder and sentencing them thus:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing premises, this Court finds accused EDUARDO ALTABANO Y ELLORIN and BENJAMIN CARO Y YU GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of MURDER and hereby sentences them to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to pay the sum of FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS...