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PEOPLE Vs. Reynaldo Cordova, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO CORDOVA @ "REY" CORDOVA, EDUARDO CORDOVA @ "SULI" CORDOVA, ISIDRO CORDOVA, JR. @ "DROBAT," FREDDIE BUENCONSEJO @ "ODONG," and ERNESTO ESTORQUE, JR., accused. REYNALDO CORDOVA @ "REY" CORDOVA, EDUARDO CORDOVA @ "SULI" CORDOVA and ERNESTO ESTORQUE, JR., accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 83373-74 | 1993-07-05

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Marcelo Barruela and Segundo Maguad were killed in Barangay Bantigue, Pontevedra, Capiz in the evening of 29 May 1986. Upon the complaint of the former's widow, Teresita Barruela, Criminal Case No. 705 for Double Murder was filed against the accused and Clarita Cordova with the 2nd Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Pontevedra-Panay in the Province of Capiz by the Station Commander of Pontevedra on 16 June 1986. 1 After conducting a preliminary examination, the MCTC ruled that a probable cause existed against all the respondents with the exception of Clarita Cordova. 2 Thus, on 25 June 1986, the...