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PEOPLE vs Oliva, Manlapaz, Seachon, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OSCAR OLIVA @ Ka Ambot, EDGAR MANLAPAZ, BOCOY SEACHON, METCHEL IBAYA, JOEL CINCO, AMY INOPIA @ Ka Jinky, Ka Nelly, JOHN DOE and PETER DOE, Ka Yoli, Ka Gerson, NOLI SALCEDO @ Ka Tony, BOGOY MANLAPAZ, VIRGILIO PANGUILINAN @ Ka Ariel, Ka Riza, Ka Liza, accused. / OSCAR OLIVA and NOLI SALCEDO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 106826 | 2001-01-18

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision rendered on June 17, 1992, by the Regional Trial Court of Masbate, Masbate, Branch 48, in Criminal Case No. 5132, finding appellants guilty of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to solidarily pay the heirs of the victim P50,000 as civil indemnity.

On November 17, 1986, Assistant Provincial Fiscal Jesus Castillo filed an information for kidnapping which reads:

The undersigned 2nd Assistant Provincial Fiscal accuses Edgar Manlapaz (at large), Bogoy Seachon (at large), Metchel Ibaya (at large), Joel Cinco, Amy Inopia alias 'Ka Jinky' (at...