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PEOPLE vs Marcos Gialolo, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCOS GIALOLO, FEDERICO GIALOLO and OSCAR MAKABENTA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 152135 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Before this Court on automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Carigara, Leyte in Crim. Case No. 2296, dated January 4, 2002, finding appellants Marcos Gialolo, Federico Gialolo and Oscar Makabenta guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder, and imposing upon them the penalty of death. The dispositive portion[2] of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, pursuant to Sec. 6, Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and further amended by R.A. No. 7659 (Death Penalty Law), the Court found MARCOS GIALOLO, FEDERICO GIALOLO, and OSCAR MAKABENTA, GUILTY beyond...