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PEOPLE vs Richard Bacunawa & Ernesto Bacunawa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICHARD BACUNAWA and ERNESTO BACUNAWA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 136859 | 2001-04-16

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Accused-appellants, brothers Richard and Ernesto Bacunawa, were charged with murder in an Information[1] which reads:

That on or about January 19, 1994 in the evening thereof, at Barangay Canomay, Municipality of Dimasalang, Province of Masbate, Philippines within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused conspiring together and confederating with each other, with intent to kill by means of treachery and taking advantage of their superior strength, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and stab EMERSON LARGO, with a bladed weapon, inflicting...