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People of the Philippines Vs. Agustino Tamolon, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus AGUSTINO TAMOLON and ANTONIO CABAGAN, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 180169 | 2009-02-28

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] dated August 23, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming, with modification, the judgment[2] dated February 12, 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 21, Davao del Sur, convicting Agustino Tamolon[3] and Antonio Cabagan[4] (appellants) of Multiple Murder.

The relevant facts and proceedings:

Appellants, with several others,[5] were charged with Multiple Murder, docketed as Criminal Case No. XXI-377 (93), before the RTC, Branch 21, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, in an Information which reads:

That sometime last March of 1984, in the Municipality of Magsaysay, Davao del...