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PEOPLE Vs. Valentino Gamiao, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VALENTINO GAMIAO y DE JESUS and ROLANDO CAOILE y BAUTISTA, accused. ROLANDO CAOILE y BAUTISTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 91492 | 1995-01-19

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Accused Rolando Caoile and Valentino Gamiao, were charged in Criminal Case No. 82-12799 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XL, with the crime of murder, attended by evident premeditation and treachery, for allegedly conspiring and stabbing to death with a bladed weapon Eulogio Armas y Palisoc on August 17, 1982. 1

Thereafter, the accused, assisted by counsel de parte, were arraigned separately and both pleaded not guilty to the crime charged. 2 After trial, the court found them guilty of murder qualified by treachery and sentenced them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to pay the...