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PEOPLE vs. Teofilo Obando, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEOFILO OBANDO, DOMINADOR OBANDO, RECTO CABANBAN, FRANCISCO CABANBAN and VICTOR CABANBAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 72742 | 1990-02-12

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lingayen, Pangasinan convicting accused-appellants of the crime of MURDER committed against one Oscar Magarro, and imposing upon each of them the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.

The antecendent facts are as follows:

On January 23, 1984, the Assistant Provincial Fiscal of Pangasinan filed before the RTC of Lingayen, Pangasinan an Information 1 dated January 17, 1984, charging the accused, Teofilo Obando, Dominador Obando, Recto Cabanban, Francisco Cabanban and Victor Cabanban with the crime of Murder committed as follows:

"That on or...