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PEOPLE vs. Frankie Soriano, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANKIE SORIANO and FERNANDO VALDEZ, defendant-appellants.

G.R. No. L-57575 | 1985-02-25

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

An appeal from the judgment of conviction by the then Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Branch III, Dagupan City, in Criminal Case No. D-1351 for Murder, sentencing the accused Frankie Soriano and Fernando Valdez to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The People's evidence has been capsulized in the People's Brief as follows:

"The deceased, Sergio de Guzman, was a passenger of the 'Catherine' mini-bus driven by appellant Fernando Valdez in the evening of March 20, 1976. He boarded the bus at the public market of Mangaldan, Pangasinan. Appellant Frankie Soriano, together with one 'John...