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PEOPLE vs Joaquin Barrameda And Adolfo Belga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOAQUIN BARRAMEDA and ADOLFO BELGA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 130177 | 2000-10-11

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

JOAQUIN BARRAMEDA and ADOLFO BELGA were charged with murder for having conspired and helped one another in stabbing and hacking to death one Ruperto Dizon with treachery and taking advantage of their superior strength.[1]

On 20 May 1997 the court a quo found the accused Joaquin Barrameda and Adolfo Belga guilty as charged and sentenced both to death.[2] They were also ordered jointly and severally to indemnify the heirs of Ruperto Dizon in the amount of P50,000.00 for his death and to pay them P6,000.00 for funeral expenses plus another P50,000.00 for moral damages.

Romeo Barsaga, who was at the...