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PEOPLE vs Pabiona, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. BENJIE PABIONA, ROSELO BASALATAN, ANTONIO SILARCA, ROBERTO METANO, and CHRISTOPHER DELOS REYES (at large), accused, BENJIE PABIONA, ROSELO BASALATAN, ROBERTO METANO and ANTONIO SILARCA, appellants.

G.R. No. 145803 | 2004-06-30

D E C I S I O N




CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On appeal is the May 30, 2000 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City, Branch 23 convicting appellants Benjie Pabiona, Roselo Basalatan, Roberto Metano and Antonio Silarca of the crime of murder, sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering them to pay the heirs of the victim, Robert Pagayon, the amounts of P232,100.00 as actual damages and P50,000.00 as civil indemnity.

The Information[2] dated May 31, 1997 charging the appellants and accused Christopher de los Reyes with murder reads as follows:

That on or about the 20th day of November, 1996, in the...