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PEOPLE. Vs. Amalia Resterio-Andrade, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. JUDGE AMALIA RESTERIO-ANDRADE, GARY ARCENIO and CRUZALDO NICODEMUS, respondents.

G.R. No. 79827 | 1989-07-31

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

The issue in the instant petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus is whether or not the lower court gravely abused its discretion in reducing from P40,000 to P12,000 the amount of bail imposed on each of the accused in a murder case.

Private respondents Gary Arcenio and Cruzaldo Nicodemus are two of the four persons accused of murder for the killing of Loreto Villanueva on March 5, 1987 in Pusiw, Numancia, Aklan. The information filed against them enumerates conspiracy, treachery, evident premeditation and abuse of superior strength as attendant circumstances in the commission of the crime. 1

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