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PEOPLE vs Venancio Francisco and Ernie Mansamad

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VENANCIO FRANCISCO y BERNALDO alias "MABINI" and ERNIE MANSAMAD alias "NONO", accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 130490 | 2000-06-19

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

The instant case was forwarded to this Court by the Court of Appeals pursuant to its Decision, dated 29 July 1997,1 [Penned by Justice Buenaventura J. Guerrero.] upon finding that the proper penalty imposable on accused-appellants Venancio Francisco and Ernie Mansamad in Criminal Case No. C-4567 for the crime of murder is reclusion perpetua. This Court accordingly accepted the appeal of accused-appellants in its Resolution, dated 1 December 1997.

Accused-appellants were charged with and convicted for the crimes of murder and attempted murder by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 40 of Calapan, Oriental...