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PEOPLE vs Tirso Arcay, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TIRSO ARCAY @ “TISOY” and TEODORO CLEMEN @ “BOY,” accused. / TIRSO ARCAY @ “TISOY,” accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132373 | 2001-10-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 2, in consolidated Criminal Cases Nos. 8079 and 8080. Appellant Tirso Arcay was found in Crim. Case No. 8079, guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of four (4) years, two (2) months, and one (1) day of prision correcional as minimum to eight (8) years of prision mayor as maximum. In Crim. Case No. 8080, for murder, he was sentenced to reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties provided by law. However, his co-accused in both cases, Teodoro Clemen, alias "Boy," was acquitted.

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