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PEOPLE vs Teodoro Laut, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEODORO LAUT y REBELLON[1] and DOMINGO LAUT y SEVILLA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 137751 | 2001-02-01

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

TEODORO LAUT y REBELLON and DOMINGO LAUT y SEVILLA appeal from the Decision of the court a quo finding them guilty of murder and imposing upon them the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering them to pay the heirs of TOMAS FLORES SR., P14,390.50 as actual damages and P30,000.00 as moral damages.[2]

The version of the prosecution is that in the early afternoon of 28 November 1995, ten (10)-year old Tomas Flores Jr., was planting palay together with his mother Erlinda Flores in their rice field located in Biong, Cabusao, Camarines Sur. His younger brother Joel was playing in the fields. He chanced to...