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PEOPLE vs. Valdez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellees, vs. PEDRO VALDEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1795-6 | 1949-05-23

D E C I S I O N

MONTEMAYOR, J p:

Pedro Valdez is appealing from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Tarlac in criminal cases Nos. 130 and 143, for murder, - which were tried jointly for the reason that the two victims were killed on the same occasion, - finding him guilty in both cases and sentencing him in each case to suffer a penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessories of the law, to indemnify the respective heirs of each deceased in the sum of P2,000, and to pay the costs; provided, however, that in no case should the total period of both penalties exceed forty years.

In the beginning of the year 1946, Jose Teodoro,...