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PEOPLE vs Quinciano Rendoque, Victorino Bacuac, Felix Estrellado, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. QUINCIANO RENDOQUE, SR. y AMORES, VICTORINO BACUAC y QUISEL, FELIX ESTRELLADO y BACUAC, PABLITO RENDOQUE y ABIO, QUINCIANO RENDOQUE, JR. y ABIO, and ESPERATO SALAQUIN y BACUAC, accused, *** PABLITO RENDOQUE y ABIO, QUINCIANO RENDOQUE, JR. y ABIO, and ESPERATO SALAQUIN y BACUAC, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 106282 | 2000-01-20

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

Appellants assail the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, Branch 36,1 [Judge Constancio E. Jaugan, presiding. Decision is dated January 6, 1992.] in Criminal Case No. 8341, convicting them of the crime of murder, imposing upon them the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering them to indemnify the heirs of the victim the amount of P30,000.00, and to pay the costs. Their co-accused Quinciano Rendoque, Sr. y Amores, Victorino Bacuac y Quisel, and Felix Estrellado y Bacuac were acquitted for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

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