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People vs. Cipriano de Vera, Sr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CIPRIANO DE VERA, SR., @ "AMBOS," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121462-63 | 1999-06-09

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

It was a celebration which started with revelry and ended in tragedy. The fatalities were 13-year old Gerardo Valdez y Torres and 29-year old Perlita Ferrer y Mamorno. Accused of having killed the two victims was Cipriano De Vera, Sr., an uncle of Gerardo, who was charged in three separate informations, inclusive of a charge for illegal possession of firearm, hereinbelow recited:

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