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People of the Philippines Vs. Rogelio Aleta, Mario Aleta and Jovito Aleta

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus MARCELO ALETA[1], FERDINAND ALETA, ROGELIO ALETA, MARLO[2] ALETA, JOVITO ALETA, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 179708 | 2009-04-16

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On appeal is the July 9, 2007 Court of Appeals Decision[3] affirming with modification the October 25, 2001 Decision[4] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Ilocos Norte, Branch 19, with station at Bangui, convicting accused-appellant Marcelo and his sons-co-appellants Ferdinand, Rogelio, Marlo and Jovito, all surnamed Aleta, of Murder in two cases.

Two Informations dated June 21, 1994 for the death of Celestino Duldulao (Duldulao) and Fernando Acob (Acob) were filed against accused-appellants:

The accusatory portion of Criminal Case No. 1102-19 reads:

That on about May 22, 1994, at about 3:00...