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PEOPLE vs. Raul Pablo y Lazaro & Ramil Castillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAUL PABLO y LAZARO and RAMIL CASTILLO, accused-appellants.

G. R. Nos. 113822-23 | 2001-08-15

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J. :

Raul Pablo y Lazaro and Ramil Castillo appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan, Urdaneta, Branch 45, finding them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of illegal possession of firearm and of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua and to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased Aurelio Barcena in the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity, P14,700.00 as actual expenses, P203,920.00 by way of lost earnings and P20,000.00 as moral damages.[1]

On October 9, 1990, 3rd Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Jose F. Lopez of Pangasinan filed with the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan,...