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PEOPLE vs. Rico Elizaga, Et Al 086 Phil 364

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICO ELIZAGA, FELIPE LOZADA JR., and ELIEZER TOLENTINO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2487 | 1950-05-18

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This appeal is from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cagayan, which found Rico (Uldarico) Elizaga, Felipe Lozada, Jr. and Eliezer Tolentino guilty of robbery with homicide and sentenced them to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P2,500, and to pay the costs.

The facts, in so far as they are admitted by the appellants in their brief, are these: On August 9, 1947, Father Narciso Guevara, auxiliary parish priest of Gattaran, Cagayan, accompanied by a helper (sacristan), Antonio Abad, went to barrio Comao, of the same municipality, to...