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People. Vs. Tolentino, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAURO TOLENTINO and VIDAL TOLENTINO, defendants, VIDAL TOLENTINO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29419 | 1971-08-31

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

Vidal Tolentino in this appeal impugns the correctness of a judgment finding him guilty of the crime of murder. The information under which he and his co-accused, his brother Lauro Tolentino, were found guilty was worded thus: "That on or about the 18th day of June, 1962, at Barrio Laya, Municipality of Tabuk, Subprovince of Kalinga, Province of Mountain, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused Lauro Tolentino and Vidal Tolentino, conspiring and confederating together and mutually aiding each other, with treachery, evident premeditation and abuse of superior...