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People vs. Arnold Garchitorena y Camba 597 SCRA 420

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus Arnold Garchitorena y Camba a.ka. Junior; Joey Pamplona a.k.a. Nato and Jessie Garcia y Adorino, Accused-Appellants.

G.R. No. 175605 | 2009-08-28

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR.-HC No. 00765 which affirmed an earlier Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Binan City, Branch 25 in Criminal Case No.9440-B, finding accused-appellants Arnold Garchitorena y Gamba, a.k.a. "Junior," Joey Pamplona, a.k.a. "Nato," and Jessie Garcia y Adorino guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the victim in the amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral...