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People vs. Vegayan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DELFIN VEGAYAN, JOSE BESORIO & MANUEL BUENA, defendants. JOSE BESORIO and MANUEL BUENA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-37838 | 1979-07-25

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, Branch IV, on September 4, 1973, convicting appellants Jose Besorio and Manuel Buena of the crime of Murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties provided for by law, "to indemnify, jointly and severally, the heirs of the deceased Nicanor Sulleza, Jr. for his death the sum of P12,000.00, and in addition thereto, to pay said heirs the sum of P20,400.00 for loss of income and the total of P19,000.00 for moral damages, and the costs."

In the evening of December 22, 1971, the...