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PEOPLE vs. Quirino Cielo, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. QUIRINO CIELO and ULDARICO HORCA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-64923 | 1984-10-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ. JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Leyte, Eighth Judicial District, Branch VII convicting Quirino Cielo of the Crime of MURDER and sentencing him to RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Paterno Loyo in the sum of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay one-half (1/2) of the costs.

The information dated October 12, 1981 charged the accused-appellant and one Uldarico Horca as follows:

"That on or about the 7th day of August, 1981, in the Municipality of Sta. Fe, Province of Leyte, Philippines, and within the...