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PEOPLE vs Jose Bulan, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JOSE BULAN and ALLAN BULAN, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 143404 | 2005-06-08

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This case was certified by the Court of Appeals (CA) to this Court for review, in view of its finding in its Decision[1] that appellants Jose Bulan and his son, Allan Bulan, are guilty of murder as principals by indispensable cooperation punishable by reclusion perpetua to death, and not merely as accomplices as found by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Virac, Catanduanes, Branch 42. 

The Antecedents 

Jose Bulan and his sons, Allan and Estemson, were charged with murder in an Information filed on October 11, 1994. The accusatory portion of the Information reads: 

That on or about...