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PEOPLE vs Camilo Ferrer, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CAMILO FERRER and ROMEO REYES, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 102062 | 1996-03-14

PANGANIBAN, J.:


In resolving this case, this Court finds occasion to differentiate between a state witness and a prosecution witness. It also reiterates some well-settled doctrines in appreciating the generic aggravating circumstances of nocturnity and cruelty.

This is an appeal from the Decision 1 dated May 15, 1991 of the Regional Trial Court of Roxas, Isabela, Branch 23, finding appellants Camilo Ferrer and Romeo Reyes guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder for the fatal assault upon Florante Agtang and imposing on each of them the penalty of reclusion perpetua and the joint and several payment to the heirs of the...