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People vs. dela Cruz y Reyes 575 SCRA 412

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus FO1 FELIPE DELA CRUZ y REYES, AUDI DONA y BINAN, ALFREDO BARACAS y CONCEPCION, EDUARDO PALACPAC y ROSALES, BERNARDO RANARA y MORATALLA, JOEMARI DE LOS REYES y CONCEPCION, DOMINADOR RECEPCION y PALASO, and ROBERT ALFONSO y MARTIZANO, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 168173 | 2008-12-24

D E C I S I O N

BRION, J.:

For our review on automatic appeal is the March 15, 2005 decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00570 that fully affirmed the February 9, 2000 decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 219, Quezon City. The RTC decision found the accused-appellants Fire Officer 1 Felipe dela Cruz y Reyes (FO1 dela Cruz), Audie Dona y Binan (Audie), Alfredo Baracas y Concepcion (Alfredo), Eduardo Palacpac y Rosales (Eduardo), Bernardo Ranara y Moratalla (Bernardo), Joemari delos Reyes y Concepcion (Joemari), Dominador Recepcion y Palaso (Dominador), and Robert Alfonso y Martizano (Robert) guilty...