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PEOPLE Vs. Mateo Gregorio, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MATEO GREGORIO y CARPIO a.k.a. “Jhun Tayo”, ALBERTO GREGORIO y CARPIO a.k.a. “Tonge” (deceased) and JUANCHO OSORIO y DELA PAZ, accused. / MATEO GREGORIO y CARPIO a.k.a. “Jhun Tayo” and JUANCHO OSORIO y DELA PAZ, appellants.

G.R. No. 153781 | 2003-09-24

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 265, in Criminal Case No. 113892-H, finding appellants Mateo Gregorio and Juancho Osorio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder, and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to indemnify the heirs of the victim the amounts of P75,000.00 as civil indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages.

On May 25, 1998, an Amended Information for Murder was filed against Mateo Gregorio y Carpio, a.k.a. "Jhun Tayo," Alberto Gregorio, a.k.a. "Tonge", and Juancho Osorio y Dela Paz. The...