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PEOPLE Vs. Alfonso Rivera, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFONSO RIVERA @ “Ponso” and TEDDY RIVERA (At large), accused-appellants.[1]

G.R. No. 139185 | 2003-09-29

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

One shot in Jonnifer Losaria's head turned what would have been an evening of fun and drinks into a night of horror and death. On April 24, 1998, an information for Murder was filed against the accused Alfonso Rivera and Teddy Rivera, viz:

That on or about the 19th day of October, 1997, in the evening, in Barangay Dumga, Municipality of Makato, Province of Aklan, Republic of the Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring, confederating and mutually helping one another, with treachery and evident premeditation, without just motive, with intent to kill one...