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People of the Philippines vs. Matondo, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELENA MATONDO, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 36833 | 1933-10-11

D E C I S I O N

STREET, J:

This appeal has been brought to reverse a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, finding Elena Matondo guilty of the offense of parricide and her coaccused, Rufino Pelen (alias Peling) and Adriano Elicito, guilty of the offense of murder, and sentencing each of the three to life imprisonment, and requiring them jointly and severally to indemnify the heirs of Gavina Gelsano in the amount of P1,000, and requiring them to pay the costs.

Gavina Gelsano, the victim of the crime with which we are here concerned, was a person of means, resident in the barrio of Cahagnaan, municipality of Matalom, in the...