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PEOPLE vs Amer Moyong and Jorry Velasco

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMER MOYONG y TALORONG and JORRY VELASCO (at large), accused. / AMER MOYONG y TALORONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135413-15 | 2000-11-15

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Accused-appellant Amer Moyong y Talorong was convicted, on three counts, of murder in a joint decision, dated 17 August 1988, rendered by the Regional Trial Court ("RTC") of Cavite City, Branch 88, in Criminal Cases No. 27-98, No. 28-98 and No. 29-98.

The three informations filed against accused-appellant and his co-accused Jorry Velasco were worded uniformly, except for the names of the victims, viz:

"That on or about December 7, 1997, in the City of Cavite, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill, armed with a knife and an...