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PEOPLE. Vs. Nicolas Marciales, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICOLAS MARCIALES and JOSE CASTILLO, alias "PEPE," defendants, NICOLAS MARCIALES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-61961 | 1988-10-18

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Defendants NICOLAS MARCIALES and JOSE "PEPE" CASTILLO were charged with murder for the killing of one JOSEFINO AMBITO. The trial court acquitted CASTILLO and found MARCIALES guilty of the crime charged.

The information filed against MARCIALES and CASTILLO reads as follows:

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That on or about the 28th day of January, 1971, in the afternoon, in Barrio Lalab, municipality of Batan, Province of Aklan Republic of the Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping one another, motivated by hate,...