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PEOPLE vs. Nicolas Lobaton

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GORGONIO DRILON, JR., defendant, NICOLAS LOBATON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33431 | 1983-06-28

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

In an information filed before the Court of First Instance of Cebu, four (4) persons, namely: Gorgonio Drilon, Jr., Nicolas Lobaton, Warlito Matulac, and Ludovico Iraque were charged with the crime of murder qualified by treachery and aggravated by the circumstances of superior strength, nighttime, uninhabited place and cruelty.

Matulac and Iraque were discharged and utilized as state witness.

After trial, Gorgonio Drilon, Jr. and Nicolas Lobaton were found guilty as charged and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased Rafaelito...