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PEOPLE Vs. Lapnayo Buka, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES. plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAPNAYO BUKA @ "LAPNAYO LIBAT", PRAL NGAY, ANGEL PRAL, BEREN MANDONG, PURONG BILAAN @ "PURONG", and TWO JOHN DOES, accused, ANGEL PRAL and BEREN MANDONG, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 68311-13 | 1992-01-30

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

At around noontime on 14 December 1978, a weapons carrier with several passengers on board was ambushed by armed men in Sitio Samlang, Datal Batong, Malungon, South Cotabato, causing the deaths of Elena Pamoso and Estelita Imarga and the physical injuries of Felipe Noquera. As a consequence thereof, three (3) separate informations were filed on 5 March 1980 against Lapnayo Buka, Angel Pral, Pral Ngay, Beren Mandong, and Purong Bilaan with the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of South Cotabato. The first charges them with the crime of Murder in connection with the death of Elena...