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PEOPLE Vs. Victorio Pletado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EX-CPL. VICTORIO PLETADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 98432 | 1992-07-01

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

In an information filed by the Provincial Prosecutor of Davao, accused-appellant Victorio Pletado, a former soldier with the rank of corporal was charged in the Regional Trial Court of Davao with the crime of double murder under Article No. 248 of the Revised Penal Code. The crime was allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about January 16, 1990, in the Municipality of Tagum. Province of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with treachery and evident premeditation, with intent to kill, armed with M-16 Armalite, did then and there...