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PEOPLE vs LAZARO CLARI?O, CONSTANTINO CLARI?O, REYNALDO CLARI?O, DANILO CLARI?O, MARIANO COPE (at large), AGUINALDO CLARI?O, (at large), QUIRICO CLARI?O, JR. (at large), AVELINO COBETA @ “CUELA”, (at large), accused, / LAZARO CLARI?O, CONSTANTINO CLARI?O, REYNALDO CLARI?O, and DANILO CLARI?O

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAZARO CLARI?O, CONSTANTINO CLARI?O, REYNALDO CLARI?O, DANILO CLARI?O, MARIANO COPE (at large), AGUINALDO CLARI?O, (at large), QUIRICO CLARI?O, JR. (at large), AVELINO COBETA @ “CUELA”, (at large), accused, / LAZARO CLARI?O, CONSTANTINO CLARI?O, REYNALDO CLARI?O, and DANILO CLARI?O, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 134634 | 2001-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision,[1] dated May 27, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Tabaco, Albay, finding accused-appellants Lazaro Clariño, Constantino Clariño, Reynaldo Clariño, and Danilo Clariño guilty of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of Jose Brosas in the amount of P50,000.00.

Accused-appellants, together with four other co-accused, Mariano Cope, Jr., Aguinaldo Clariño, Quirico Clariño, Jr., and Avelino Cobeta, all of whom were at large, were charged under the following...