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PEOPLE. Vs. Ruben Ornoza, etal.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN ORNOZA and MARIO ORNOZA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-56283 | 1987-06-30

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Quezon, Branch VIII, finding appellants Ruben Ornoza and Mario Ornoza guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentencing them to each suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Virgilio Bayanin the sum of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The information filed against the accused Ruben Ornoza and Mario Ornoza alleged:

"That on or about the 10th day of September 1977, at Barangay Malabanban Sur, Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Quezon, Philippines, and within the...