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PEOPLE Vs. Rey B. Cruza, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REY CRUZA y BAUIO, JOEMARIE PALMAREZ y PAGDATU, JIMMY PALMAREZ y PAGDATU and GARRY PADRE-E y PALLORE, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 104527 | 1994-10-07

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The basic question before the Court is whether the appellants actively participated in the killing of Canuto Natividad by Arnold Fuentes on July 10, 1991. The trial court convicted them as conspirators in the commission of the crime, but they continue to contend that they were mere spectators.

The incident occurred at about 11:00 o'clock in the evening of the said date at Barangay Mapulang Lupa, Valenzuela, Metro Manila. 1 The evidence of the prosecution showed that Fuentes drove his truck into, and damaged, the gate of the lot owned by Canuto, resulting in an exchange of words between the two. 2 Fuentes left...