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PEOPLE Vs. Manuel Badeo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL BADEO, ESPERIDION BADEO, ROGELIO BADEO (at-large) and BONIFACIO TANGPUS (at-large), defendants. MANUEL BADEO and ESPERIDION BADEO, defendants-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Public Attorney's Office for Manuel Badeo.

G.R. No. 72990 | 1991-11-21

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

In this appeal, father and son Esperidion and Manuel Badeo, seek the reversal of the July 5, 1985 decision of the Regional Trial Court of Leyte, Branch XV at Palo, 1 the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered, finding the two accused Manuel Badeo and Esperidion Badeo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Murder and hereby sentences said two accused to the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify the heirs of Cresenciano Germanes the sum of P30,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay each half of the costs.

"It appearing that the two...