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PEOPLE Vs. Ambrocio Belen, Et Al. 118 Phil. 880

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMBROCIO BELEN, ET AL., defendants, FAUSTO PERITU, SOTERO PERITU, FERNANDO PERITU, ANDRES BALAS, MAXIMO DELINILA, FLORENTINO ESTIPULAR, BERNARDO ESTIPULAR, SOTERO BANAY, CRISPULO MABALO, and FLORENCIO HIDALGO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-13895 | 1963-09-30

D E C I S I O N


MAKALINTAL, J.:

On March 18, 1954 the Provincial Fiscal of La Union filed an information for double murder (of Hilario Zuniega and his wife, Felicisima Peritu), against Ambrosio Belen, Fausto Peritu, Sotero Peritu, Fernando Peritu, Florentino Estipular, Bernardo Estipular, Maximo Delinila, Sotero Banay and Andres Balas. The information was later amended to include Crispulo Mabalo and Florencio Hidalgo as defendants. All the accused pleaded not guilty. After several prosecution witnesses testified, Ambrosio Belen withdrew his former plea and substituted it with a plea of guilty upon re-arraignment on the amended...