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PEOPLE vs. Ernesto C. Omotoy

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. ERNESTO OMOTOY y CARIAGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 112719 | 1997-01-29

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, C.J.:

Before the Regional Trial Court at Aparri, Cagayan, 1 Ernesto Omotoy was charged with the crime of Arson defined and penalized under Section 3 (No. 2) of Presidential Decree No. 1613. 2 The information against him 3 reads as follows:

That on or about July 6, 1986, in the municipality of Gonzaga, province of Cagayan, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, Ernesto Omotoy, together with several John Does who were not Identified, conspiring together and helping one another, with malice aforethought and with intent to destroy, to punish and to cause damage, did then and there...