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People vs Edwin de Vera

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, EDWIN DE VERA y GARCIA, RODERICK GARCIA y GALAMGAM, KENNETH FLORENDO and ELMER CASTRO, accused, EDWIN DE VERA y GARCIA, appellant.

G.R. No. 128966 | 1999-08-18

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

When is a lookout deemed an accomplice and when a conspirator? What is the distinction between the two? 

Statement of the Case 

These are the main questions passed upon by the Court in resolving the present appeal, which assails the March 12, 1997 Decision1 [Penned by Judge Lucas P. Bersamin.] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City (Branch 57) in Criminal Case No. Q-92-31323, finding Appellant Edwin De Vera and Accused Roderick Garcia guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and sentencing them to reclusion perpetua. 

In an Information dated June 11, 1992, Assistant...