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PEOPLE vs Pepito Orbita, Ceferino Capisunda, and Orlando Santiago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEPITO ORBITA y JUSAY, CEFERINO CAPISUNDA y BALCE, and ORLANDO SANTIAGO y FRANCISCO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 122104 | 2000-01-19

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Batangas, Branch 13, Lipa City finding accused-appellants Pepito Orbita y Jusay, Ceferino Capisunda y Balce and Orlando Santiago y Francisco, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder.1 [In Criminal Case No. V-2189, Decision, Regional Trial Court, Judge Jane Aurora C. Lantion, presiding. Original Record, pp. 203-209.]

On October 3, 1989, the third assistant Provincial Prosecutor, province of Batangas, filed with the Regional Trial Court, Lipa City an Information charging accused-appellants with murder committed as follows:

"That on or about...