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PEOPLE Vs. Ricardo S. De Guzman, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO DE GUZMAN y SAN PEDRO, VICENTE JIMENEZ y BUSTAMANTE, JOSEPH CAILANG y SUAN, RUEL BACLAYON y GELLEMER, LEOPOLDO CAILANG y SUAN, ALEX BARRETO, CONSTANTINO VILLANUEVA, VICTOR NU?EZ, JR. and CELSO BUSTAMANTE, accused. VICTOR NU?EZ, JR., appellant.

G.R. Nos. 98321-24 | 1993-06-30

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Ricardo de Guzman y San Pedro, Vicente Jimenez y Bustamante, Joseph Cailang y Suan, Ruel Baclayon y Gellemer, Leopoldo Cailang y Suan, Alex Barreto, Constantino Villanueva y Hermogenes, Victor Nuñez, Jr. and Celso Bustamante were charged before the Regional Trial Court of Cebu with three counts of murder and one count of frustrated murder in four Informations, the first of which reads as follows:

That on or about the 4th day of April, 1989, at about 7:45 o'clock A.M., in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, who were then 9 in number, armed...