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PEOPLE Vs. Elezer Galapin, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELEZER GALAPIN and ERNESTO BEIRA JR., accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 124215 | 1998-07-31

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J:

To answer for the death of Roberto Pillora on 30 January 1994 due to a stab wound, accused-appellants Elezer Galapin (hereafter ELEZER) and Ernesto Biera, Jr. (hereafter ERNESTO) were charged with homicide in a complaint 1 filed by the Chief of Police of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, on 2 February 1994, with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental. The complaint was later amended to charge them with murder due to the "qualifying circumstances of alevosia, evident premeditation, taking advantage of superior strength and employing means to weaken the defense or means or persons to...