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PEOPLE vs. Rizaldo Lopez, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RIZALDO LOPEZ, RODOLFO LOPEZ and RODRIGO LOPEZ, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-33642 | 1984-09-28

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

The deceased, Juan Moises, 62 years old, met his death due to "hemorrhage secondary to multiple stab wounds," inflicted by the accused, namely appellants Rodrigo Lopez, Rizaldo Lopez and Rodolfo Lopez. They were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentenced as follows:

1. Rizaldo Lopez and Rodolfo Lopez - reclusion perpetua;

2. Rodrigo Lopez who surrendered voluntarily - the indeterminate penalty of from seventeen (17) years and four (4) months of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to twenty (20) years of reclusion temporal, as maximum; and

3. All the above accused are ordered...