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PEOPLE vs. Jakara Gandao, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAKARIA GANDAO, JANUL GANDAO, ABDUL GANDAO and ABO GANDAO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-36060-65 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

ABO GANDAO and his two sons, JAKARIA and ABDUL, a nephew, JANUL GANDAO and two "DOEs" were accused of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder, for the shooting of Gonzalo Ancheta and his family in the evening of July 17, 1970, at their residence in Amao, Bula, General Santos City. The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. 66 in the Court of First Instance of South Cotabato (Branch I), General Santos City, presided by Judge Pedro Samson Animas.

Subsequently, the information in Criminal Case No. 66 was amended so that in said case the above-named persons were accused of murder for the death of...