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PEOPLE vs Edilberto Durado Sr, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDILBERTO DURADO, SR., SALVADOR DURADO, and EDILBERTO DURADO, JR., accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 121669 | 1999-12-23

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 52, Palawan, finding accused-appellants Edilberto Durado, Sr., Edilberto Durado, Jr., and Salvador Durado guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim, Juanito Galanto, P50,000.00 as death indemnity and P20,000.00 as moral damages. Two other accused, Edmundo Durado and Danilo Durado were acquitted for insufficiency of evidence.

The information[2] against accused-appellants and their co-accused, Edmundo Durado and Danilo Durado,...