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PEOPLE vs Reynaldo Landicho, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. M/SGT. REYNALDO LANDICHO, PAT. JOHNNY BUNYI, C1C ERIC MANLUSOC, and C2C LEOVINO CANUEL, accused.

G.R. No. 116600 | 1996-07-03

DAVIDE, JR., J.:


As Juvenal once asked, "But who is to guard the guards themselves?" 1 This case deals not with a mere appeal from a conviction in a murder case. It is a tale, rather, an expose, of the warped sense of camaraderie which binds certain members of the law enforcement and penal systems in our country. This account of betrayal of the public trust stands as yet another stain on the honor of the Philippine National Police (PNP), at a time when its reputation and integrity are already in serious question.

On 8 January 1991, at 9:30 p.m., in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, four members of the PNP gunned down Isagani Mazon in cold...