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PEOPLE Vs. Nestor Matubis, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NESTOR MATUBIS alias Ka Sherma, EMILIO DELGACO Alias Ka Boy and John Doe, defendants, EMILIO DELGACO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 109774 | 1998-03-27

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

Once again, the Court is called upon to resolve a case arising from the senseless killing of an innocent countryside civilian by misguided elements hiding under the protective wings of the New People's Army (NPA). For the crime, Nestor Matubis alias Ka Sherma, Emilio Delgaco alias Ka Boy and an unidentified cohort were charged with murder under the following information:

"That on or about the 24th day of March, 1988, at Barangay La Purisima, Municipality of Nabua, Province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, who are still at large, conspiring,...