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PEOPLE vs Edwin Rosario, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDWIN DEL ROSARIO y VICENTE, ARTHUR CA?EDO y REYES, ABNER PERALTA and JESUS GARCIA @ "TUPAK", accused, / EDWIN DEL ROSARIO y VICENTE, ABNER PERALTA and JESUS GARCIA @ "TUPAK", accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 107297-98 | 2000-12-19

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

By filing forged bail bonds,[1] appellants are considered not merely to have jumped bail, but for all intents and purposes to have escaped from detention. Hence, their pending appeal should be dismissed, subject to the filing of the proper criminal cases against the parties responsible therefor.

The antecedents of this case are as follows:

Appellants Peralta and Garcia were charged as principals and appellant Del Rosario as an accomplice in Criminal Case No. 87-12132-P before the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 115, for the murder of Bennet Begaso y Cruz. Appellants Peralta and Garcia were...