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PEOPLE Vs. Gerardo Nomat, Sr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERARDO NOMAT, SR., GERARDO NOMAT, JR. and FERMIN NOMAT, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 37012-13 | 1992-07-03

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

From a seemingly inconsequential pushing incident inside a Jeepney, Gerardo Nomat, Sr. and his three sons, namely, Gerardo, Jr., Fermin and Santos, all surnamed Nomat were charged of the crime of Murder with multiple attempted Murder before the Court of First Instance of Antique, docketed as Criminal Case No. 109.

Fermin Nomat was also charged with the crime of Frustrated Homicide in Criminal Case No. 124 for the shooting of one Josephus Paciente.

Inasmuch as the two cases arose from the same incident, they were tried jointly by agreement of the prosecution and defense, with the conformity of all the...