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PEOPLE vs Arturo Lagao, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTURO LAGAO y CACAYURAN, VIRGILIO LAGAO y ) CACAYURAN and ) (At Large) ARTURO CATHEZA, ) accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 120279 | 1998-02-27

D E C I S I O N

MARTINEZ, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated October 3, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court of La Union, Branch 31, in Criminal Case No. A-2359, convicting Arturo Lagao of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with all accessory penalties provided by law.

The Information, dated March 5, 1992, charged the accused-appellant, together with Virgilio Lagao and Arturo Catheza, as follows:

"The undersigned 2nd Assistant Provincial Prosecutor accuses ARTURO LAGAO, VIRGILIO LAGAO, ARTURO CATHEZA and JOHN DOE of the crime of MURDER, committed as follows:

"That at about 1:00 o'clock in...