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PEOPLE vs Sergio Ca?ete.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SERGIO CA?ETE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 138400 | 2002-07-11

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

The brothers Sergio, Alfredo, Ruben and Trinidad together with their 67-year old father, Sotero, all surnamed Cañete, were temporarily detained at the municipal jail in Liloan, Cebu in relation to a murder case filed against them for the slaying of one Edith Tumayao. Upon learning that they would be "salvaged," they refused to leave their cell and started a riot when the police came to transfer them to the Cebu Provincial Jail. For allegedly bashing the head of his 67-year old father, Sotero Cañete, with the wooden leg of a prison bunk during the ensuing melee, which resulted in the...