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People vs. Ramon Regalario

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RAMON REGALARIO, MARCIANO REGALARIO, SOTERO REGALARIO, BIENVENIDO REGALARIO and NOEL REGALARIO, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 174483 | 2009-03-31

D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 01556 which affirmed with modification, an earlier decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court of Ligao, Albay, Branch 13 in Criminal Case No. 3613, finding accused-appellants Ramon, Marciano, Sotero, Bienvenido and Noel, all surnamed Regalario guilty of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the victim in the amount of P50,000.00, and another sum of P50,000.00 as moral damages and to pay the costs of the proceedings.

In the court of...