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PEOPLE Vs. Pedro Ravelo, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO RAVELO, JERRY RAVELO, BONIFACIO "PATYONG" PADILLA, ROMEO ASPIRIN, NICOLAS GUADALUPE, HERMIE PAHIT AND JOSE RAVELO, accused. PEDRO RAVELO, BONIFACIO "PATYONG" PADILLA, ROMEO ASPIRIN, NICOLAS GUADALUPE AND HERMIE PAHIT, accused-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Roberto J. Landas for accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 78781-82 | 1991-10-15

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The accused Pedro Ravelo, Bonifacio "Patyong" Padilla, Romeo Aspirin, Nicolas Guadalupe and Hermie Pahit appeal the two (2) judgments of the Regional Trial Court of Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Branch 27, which convicted them of murder of one Reynaldo Cabrera Gaurano and of frustrated murder of Joey Lugatiman.

In the murder case (Criminal Case No. 1187), each of the accused was sentenced to serve the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to severally pay an indemnity of P25,000.00 to the mother of the victim. In the frustrated murder case (Criminal Case No. 1194), each of them was sentenced to serve the...