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PEOPLE vs. Renato Reboltiado, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. RENATO REBOLTIADO alias "RENE" and JOSE MARARAC alias "JOE", accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 123915 | 1997-09-12

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Accused-appellants Renato Reboltiado and Jose Mararac jointly seek reversal of the trial court's ruling but pray for different results for different reasons. The former contends that he only committed homicide and not murder, as found by the trial court; while the latter seeks total exoneration of the crime charged for the reason that his identity as alleged co-conspirator was not clearly and unquestionably established.

Initially, only accused-appellant Reboltiado was charged in the Information dated August 7, 1990, whereupon during arraignment, he entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently, an Amended...