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PEOPLE vs. Mauro Verges, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAURO VERGES, ET AL., accused, GAVINO LUCAS, SIMPLICIO OCAMPO, ADRIANO VILLARUEL, PABLITO ECHAVEZ, ERNESTO TORRES, MARIANO GUEVARRA, SANTIAGO POMIDA, FEDERICO PARIENTE, FORTUNATO CASILLAR, PABLO REYES and BRIGIDO LAMBINO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-36882-84 | 1981-07-24

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

The rivalry between the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik and Sigue-Sigue Commando gangs at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa, Rizal, resulted in a stabbing rampage on May 4, 1969, wherein Alberto Rubiso, Pedro Trijo and Jaime Caballero, all Sputniks, were killed.

It was only in 1970 that three separate informations for murder were filed against the assailants of Rubiso, Trijo and Caballero, namely: Criminal Case Nos. 2008, 2009 and 2011 of the Court of First Instance of Rizal. Except for the names of the victims, all three informations are identical and read as follows:

"That on or about the 4th day of May,...