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PEOPLE vs Wilfredo Rodriguez & Larry Artellero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILFREDO RODRIGUEZ Y CULO and LARRY ARTELLERO Y RICO,[1] accused, LARRY ARTELLERO Y RICO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129211 | 2000-10-02

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated November 13, 1995 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 29,[2] in Criminal Case No. 91-99526, convicting appellant and his co-accused of the crime of murder, sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, ordering them to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000.00 as indemnity, and to pay the costs.

Appellant Larry Artellero was employed as a cement mixer and helper of co-accused Wilfredo Rodriguez, a mason in the construction of the upper floors of the Far East Bank and Trust Company, Blumentritt Branch, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Both were charged with the...