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PEOPLE vs. Frankisio Aro, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANKISIO ARO, PEDRO LASALA, RODOLFO AVILA and RAFAEL ESCALONA, defendants, FRANKISIO ARO and PEDRO LASALA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-38141 | 1984-05-16

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the then Circuit Criminal Court of Rizal in Its Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-1187-Rizal, the dispositive portion of which reads.

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused Frankisio Aro, Pedro Lasala and Rodolfo Avila, GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt, of the crime of Murder as defined under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as charged in the information, the Court hereby sentences them to suffer the penalty of DEATH, to indemnify the heirs of the offended party, the amount of P12,000.00; to pay the amount of P5,000.00 as moral damages plus P5,000.00 as exemplary damages;...