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PEOPLE vs Castillo & Espiritu / Castillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANOLITO CASTILLO y MOGA, and LEONARDO ESPIRITU y MOZO, a.k.a. BERNARDO ESPIRITU y MOZO, accused,/MANOLITO CASTILLO y MOGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130188 | 2000-04-27

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Martin S. Villarama.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 156, Pateros City finding accused-appellant guilty of murder and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The Information against accused-appellant Manolito Castillo and his co-accused Bernardo Espiritu alleged -

That on or about the 31st day of August 1995, in the Municipality of Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together with one unidentified male person and mutually helping and...