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PEOPLE vs Alex Bello @ Bong and John Doe

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEX BELLO @ "BONG" and JOHN DOE, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 104930 | 2000-03-01

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision1 [Rollo, pp. 16-23.] dated August 28, 1991, of the Regional Trial Court of Masbate, Masbate, Branch 45, finding accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Court finds the accused Alex Bello alias 'Bong' guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the Crime of Murder qualified by (Alevosia) Treachery and is sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA in the absence of any mitigating or aggravating circumstance, and to pay the heirs of the victim the amount of...