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People vs. Mil

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO MIL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-28104-05 | 1979-07-30

D E C I S I O N

CONCEPCION, JR., J:

Mandatory review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Samar, finding the accused Pedro Mil, an enlisted man of the Philippine Constabulary, of the crimes of murder in Criminal Cases Nos. 7548 and 7551, sentencing him to death in each case and ordering him to pay an indemnity of P6,000.00 and moral damages in the sum of P15,000.00 to each of the heirs of the deceased Augusto Arteche and Pedro Arteche.

It appears that on December 22, 1966, the deceased Augusto Arteche was boxed by the accused Pedro Mil at the Arco Iris, a nightspot in Catbalogan, Samar, where the said Augusto Arteche worked as a...