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People vs. Mayingque

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus FILOMENO MAYINGQUE, GREGORIO MAYINGQUE, and TORIBIO MAYINGQUE y SANICO, Defendants-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 179709 | 2010-07-06

D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

Appellants Toribio Mayingque alias Loloy (Toribio), Gregorio Mayingque alias Gorio (Gregorio), and Filomeno Mayingque alias Boy Roti (Filomeno) appeal the decision promulgated on June 15, 2007 by the Court of Appeals (CA)[1] affirming their conviction for murder that the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 275, in Las Piñas City handed down, penalizing each with reclusion perpetua, and ordering them to pay P50,000.00 to the heirs of deceased Edgardo Sumalde Tusi (Edgardo), and P20,000.00 as burial expenses to the wife of Tusi. [2]

The appellants and one Edwin Macas (Edwin) were indicted for the murder of...