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PEOPLE. Vs. Crestito Hermosa, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRESTITO HERMOSA and TITO HERMOSA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 74060 | 1989-09-15

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

Crestito Hermosa and Tito Hermosa appeal from the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Masbate, Branch 49 (Cataingan) finding them guilty of murder, sentencing them to reclusion perpetua and ordering them to indemnify the heirs of Remegio Villanueva in the amount of P30,000. 1

The evidence for the prosecution discloses that at one o'clock in the early morning of April 20, 1984, Pacencio Enor, a 59 year-old faith healer, was conducting a "ritual session" in the yard of Isabelo Hermosa's house in Barangay Aguada, Cataingan, Masbate. The ritual consisted of killing chickens and offering spiritual prayers...