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PEOPLE vs Rico Calumpang, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus RICO CALUMPANG and JOVENAL OMATANG, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 158203 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


QUISUMBING, J.: 

On appeal is the Decision[1] dated November 29, 2002, of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, Branch 36, in Criminal Case No. 10152, convicting appellants Rico Calumpang and Jovenal Omatang of two counts of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering them to pay damages to the heirs of the victims. 

Appellants were charged under an Information which reads: 

That on or about July 14, 1991 at 7:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, at Pamplona Coconut Plantation, Pamplona, Negros Oriental, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of...