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PEOPLE vs. Jaime Clores, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAIME CLORES and MARIO HOLIDAY, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-38398 | 1980-09-30

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Automatic review of the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court in Rizal imposing the death penalty on Jaime Clores and Mario Holiday for the crime of murder and attempted murder as a complex crime under Article 48 of the Revised Penal Code, to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Bayani Salido, in the amount of P10,000.00, to pay moral damages in the sum of P5,000.00, and another P500.00 as exemplary damages and to pay proportionate costs.

When the appellants were arraigned on June 9, 1973, Jaime Clores pleaded guilty while Mario Holiday pleaded not guilty. However, the trial court, guided, as it so stated...