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PEOPLE vs Eddie Andarme, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDDIE ANDARME (at large), LORETO PAMAT (at large), RONALDO SILVIO (at large), ROQUE ANDARME, accused, / ROQUE ANDARME, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 140426 | 2002-07-30

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

At 6:00 in the morning of September 29, 1988, Loreto Morante Sr. invited Virgilio Giron to accompany him to Dulag, Leyte to buy cement and steel bars for the construction of the base of his abaca stripping machine. They proceeded to Dulag, Leyte in two separate motorcycles. Loreto drove the first motorcycle with his wife and 5-year old son, Leo, as backriders, while Virgilio drove the second motorcycle with Loreto's other son Rolly.

After buying the construction materials, they all went back to La Paz, Leyte. At 9:00 in the morning of the same day, Loreto met Arturo Custodio at the La Paz municipal...