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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Diaz, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO DIAZ and GERARDO DIAZ, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-24002 | 1974-01-21

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is an appeal of defendants Francisco Diaz and Gerardo Diaz from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Samar convicting them of murder.

Gerardo was sentenced to reclusion perpetua, while Francisco was sentenced to an indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor to seventeen (17) years of reclusion temporal. Both appellants were ordered to pay solidarily to the heirs of Quintin Tadia an indemnity in the sum of six thousand pesos (P6,000) and to pay the costs proportionately. (Criminal Case No. 202-CC).

There should be no difficulty in resolving the appeal. The case is...