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PEOPLE vs Dionesio Santiago, John Doe, Richard Doe, William Doe, And Peter Doe, Accused. / Dionesio Santiago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIONESIO SANTIAGO, JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE, WILLIAM DOE, and PETER DOE, accused. / DIONESIO SANTIAGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133445 | 2003-02-27

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before this Court is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 13, convicting accused-appellant Dionesio Santiago of double murder, imposing on him the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the victims in the sum of P50,000.00.

The Charges

Accused-appellant was charged of double murder in one information which reads:

The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor accuses Dionesio Santiago, John Doe, Richard Doe, William Doe and Peter Doe of the crime of Double Murder, committed as follows:

That on or about the...