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PEOPLE vs Rex Bergante, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REX BERGANTE, RODITO BERGANTE, and LEO BERGANTE, accused-appellants.

G. R. Nos. 120369-70 | 1998-02-27

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused-appellants Rex, Rodito, and Leo, all surnamed Bergante, were charged with the crime of murder in Criminal Case No. 86-6371 and with the crime of illegal possession of firearms in Criminal Case No. 86-6548, which were consolidated and jointly tried before Branch 49 of the Regional Trial Court of Palawan sitting in Puerto Princesa.

The evidence for the prosecution was summarized by the Office of the Solicitor General in the Appellee's Brief, thus:

In the afternoon of February 14, 1986, the victim Donato Genanda, Sr. was in a rice mill situated in Barangay Bato, Taytay, Palawan (pp. 10, 21, TSN,...