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PEOPLE vs Cara, Lorenzana, Natividad & Paulo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NORLITO CARA, EMILIANO LORENZANA, ROBERT NATIVIDAD and DIONISIO PAULO, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 117483-84 | 1997-12-12

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

In deciding this appeal, the Court reiterates well-settled doctrines in appreciation of conspiracy, the credibility of evidence and the legal characterization of a killing when committed "with the aid of armed men."

The Case

Norlito Cara, Emiliano Lorenzana, Robert Natividad, and Dionisio Paulo appeal before this Court the June 24, 1994 Joint Decision 1 of the Court of Cauayan, Isabela, Branch 20, 2 in Criminal Case Nos. Br. 20-479 and 20-369 convicting each of them of two counts of frustrated homicide and one count of murder.

On October 17, 1991, two Informations, both dated September 3, 1991, were...