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PEOPLE vs Manuel, Romeo, Vicente, and Manuel Antonio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE ANTONIO, MANUEL ANTONIO, and ROMEO ANTONIO, accused, VICENTE ANTONIO and MANUEL ANTONIO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 118311 | 1999-02-19

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 30, finding accused-appellants Vicente Antonio and Manuel Antonio, together with Romeo Antonio, guilty of murder in connection with the killing of Edgardo F. Hernandez on December 26, 1989 and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of Hernandez damages and attorney's fees. The other accused, Romeo Antonio, was also convicted but he escaped before the promulgation of the sentence and has remained at large.

The information in this case alleged :

That at around 8:00 o'clock in the...