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Atizado and Monreal vs. People

SALVADOR ATIZADO and SALVADOR MONREAL, Petitioners,vs.PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173822 | 2010-10-13

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
On May 4, 2000, the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 52, Sorsogon, convicted the petitioners of murder.1 On December 13, 2005, the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed their conviction in C.A.-G.R. CR-HC No. 01450, but modified the awarded damages.2
 
The petitioners contest the CA's affirmance of their conviction in this appeal via petition for review on certiorari.
 
We affirm their conviction, but we reduce the penalty imposed on Salvador Monreal because the RTC and the CA did not duly appreciate his minority at the time of the commission of the crime. We order his immediate...