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PEOPLE vs. BEN AQUINO and ROMEO AQUINO

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BEN AQUINO and ROMEO AQUINO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 145371 | 2001-09-28

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Accused-appellants Ben Aquino (BEN) and Romeo Aquino (ROMEO) were charged with and tried for murder before the then Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Lemery, Batangas, Branch 3, in Criminal Case No. 792-L under an information[1] the accusatory portion of which reads as follows:

That on or about the 25th day of November, 1980, at about 11:00 o'clock in the evening, at Barangay Ayao-iyao, Municipality of Lemery, Province of Batangas, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with guns, conspiring and confederating together, acting...