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PEOPLE vs Balas Medios, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BALAS MEDIOS and RUBEN CABURAL, accused, / BALAS MEDIOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 132066-67 | 2001-11-29

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated October 20, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Branch 37, in Criminal Case Nos. 3411-R and 3412-R, finding appellant guilty of murder and attempted murder. In said decision the trial court decreed:

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered -

(1) Under Criminal Case No. 3411-R, finding the accused Balas Medios guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, and he is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of RECLUSION PERPETUA, and to indemnify the heirs of Jose...