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People vs Joel Gonzales

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL GONZALES, JOSEPH BERNALDEZ, and ROMEO BERNALDEZ, accused, / JOEL GONZALES and ROMEO BERNALDEZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 142932 | 2002-05-29

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,[1] dated February 10, 2000, of the Regional Trial Court, 11th Judicial Region, Branch 6, Mati, Davao Oriental, insofar as it finds accused-appellants Joel Gonzales and Romeo Bernaldez guilty as principals of the complex crime of robbery with homicide and sentences each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties provided by law, and to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the victim Nicanor Suralta in the amounts of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P2,425.00, plus the costs of the proceedings.

Accused-appellants Joel Gonzales and...