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PEOPLE Vs. PO3 Gildo B. Pelopero, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. PO3 GILDO B. PELOPERO PNP, alias “Edong,” PO3 ERWIN L. FERNANDEZ PNP, MAMERTO L. PELOPERO, alias “Mamie,” appellants.

G.R. No. 126119 | 2003-10-15

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

For review before us is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City,[1] in Criminal Case No. 44764, dated April 15, 1996, convicting appellants of murder.

On March 29, 1995, appellants PO3 Gildo B. Pelopero (Edong), PO3 Erwin L. Fernandez (Erwin), and Mamerto L. Pelopero (Mamie), together with SPO1 Orlando L. Pelopero and SPO1 Cresenciano N. Patriarca, were charged with Kidnapping with Murder under an information, which reads:

That on or about June 1, 1992, in the Municipality of Pototan, Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above-named...