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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Madera, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAYMUNDO MADERA @ "Mundo", MARIANITO V. ANDRES @ "Totoy", GENEROSO ANDRES @ "Ross", defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-35133 | 1974-05-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDEZ, J:

This case is now before Us on appeal of the three appellants from a decision of the Circuit Criminal Court 1 finding them guilty of the crime of murder, and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P12,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the cost proportionately.

There is no question that at about 2:00 o'clock in the early morning of April 20, 1970, three men barged at the doorstep of the house of the victim Elino Bana in Sitio Baag, Barrio Bantug, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija....