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PEOPLE vs Manuel M. Navoa, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL NAVOA y MARTINEZ and BERNARDO LIM y RAMIREZ alias "Jack Robertson," alias "Lim Ming Tak," alias "Christopher Kelly," defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-59551 | 1986-08-19

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Manila, Sixth Judicial District, Branch XXX convicting defendants-appellants Manuel Navoa and Bernardo Lim of the crime of Arson. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds both accused Manuel Navoa y Martinez and Bernardo Lim y Ramirez, also known as Jack Robertson, Lim Ming Tak and Christopher Kelly, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of arson, as charged in the information, and hereby sentences them to suffer the penalty of death, to indemnify, jointly and severally, the building and...