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PEOPLE vs Victoriano Garcia and Bernardino Caranguain

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICTORIANO GARCIA[1] and BERNARDINO CARANGUIAN y PINAPIN, accused. BERNARDINO CARANGUIAN y PINAPIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124514 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Branch 2, in Criminal Case No. 2022, convicting appellant of the crime of murder, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to pay the costs.

The facts, based on the records, are as follows:

On August 1, 1991, at around 7:30 A.M., Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) members Ben Lumboy and William Capili informed PO3 Edwin Birung, Detachment Commander at Barangay La Suerte, that they sighted two (2) former Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) agents at nearby Barangay Catarauan, in Amulung,...