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People of the Phil Vs. Johbert Amodia Y Baba, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,JOHBERT AMODIA y BABA, MARIO MARINO y PATNON, and ROY LO-OC y PENDANG, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 177356 | 2008-11-20

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the January 23, 2007 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01628 entitled People of the Philippines v. Johbert Amodia y Baba, et al. The CA Decision affirmed the August 24, 2005 Decision[2] of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 89 in Criminal Case No. Q-03-118165, which found accused-appellants Johbert Amodia, Mario Marino, and Roy Lo-oc guilty of the crime of murder.

The Facts

On June 10, 2003 at about 3:00 a.m., Richard Avila Roda, an Assistant Manager of Nognog Videoke Restaurant in Quezon City, went out of the restaurant to...