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People vs. Simeon, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO SIMEON, LOUIS MEDNATT, INOCENTES DE LUNA, RUBEN MIRANDA, ALFONSO BALLESTEROS, RUDOLFO SUAREZ, MANUEL MANALO, ALBERTO GABION and RAFAEL BRILL, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-33730 | 1972-09-28

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J:

This is an automatic review of the three decisions of the Circuit Criminal Court of Rizal sentencing the defendants to death, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the victim in the amount of P12,000.00 as well as P50,000.00 by way of moral damages and P50,000.00 as exemplary damages, and to pay the costs (pp. 105-121, rec.) upon their plea of guilty to the charge of murder under the following information:

"That on or about October 17, 1970, in the New Bilibid Prison, Muntinglupa, Rizal Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused while then national prisoners...