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PEOPLE vs Adoc,etal./Adoc

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TONY ADOC, DANNY ADOC And EDDIE ADOC, accused./DANNY ADOC and EDDIE ADOC, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 132079 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is an appeal from the August 21, 1997 decision1 [Rollo, 140-157. Per Judge Marietta J. Homena-Valencia.] of the Regional Trial Court of Aklan, Branch 1, finding accused-appellants DANNY ADOC and EDDIE ADOC guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and holding them solidarily liable for the amount of P50,000 as indemnity to the heirs of the victim.

The accusatory portion of the information reads as follows:

That on or about the 5th day of November, 1995, in the evening, in Osmena Avenue, Municipality of Kalibo,...