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PEOPLE vs Ladit ,etal./Jariolne

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO LADIT, EDDIE JARIOLNE, SAMUEL LADIT, RAFAEL TINGCANG, JAIME DE LA PE?A, GERRY LADIT, RUDY FLORES, AGRIPINO SABUERO, BIENVENIDO BALSAMO, ALFREDO BALSAMO (All at Large), and CITO JARIOLNE, accused,/ CITO JARIOLNE, accused-appellant

G.R. No. 127571 | 2000-05-11

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,1 [Per Judge Felipe G. Javier, Jr.] dated September 9, 1996, of the Regional Trial Court of Lanao del Norte, Branch 4, Iligan City, finding accused-appellant Cito Jariolne guilty of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Arturo Tagaylo, Jr., in the amount of P50,000.00.

The facts of the case are as follows:

In an information, dated January 5, 1996, accused-appellant, together with ten others [Bonifacio Ladit, Eddie Jariolne, Samuel Ladit, Rafael Tingcang, Jaime de la Peña, Gerry...