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PEOPLE vs Artemio Garillo, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTEMIO GARILLO, JOHN DOE (At Large), and PETER DOE (At Large), accused, / ARTEMIO GARILLO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 146189 | 2003-02-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In its decision[1] promulgated on September 19, 2000, the Regional Trial Court of Naval, Biliran, Branch 37, found appellant Artemio Garillo y Temblor guilty in Criminal Case No. CB-97-019 of piracy, as defined and penalized under Presidential Decree No. 532,[2] and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death.

The information indicting appellant Garillo and his unnamed co-accused reads:

That on or about the 17th day of August 1995, in the seawater of Caibiran, Biliran Province, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused, conspiring, confederating, and mutually helping...