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People of the Philippines Vs. Domingo Alpapara, Pedro Alpapara, Alden Paya, Mario Bicuna

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus DOMINGO ALPAPARA, PEDRO ALPAPARA, ALDEN PAYA AND MARIO BICUNA, Appeellants

G.R. No. 180421 | 2009-10-30

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00294, dated February 15, 2007, which affirmed in toto the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 81, dated March 15, 2004 in Criminal Case No. Q-99-86307. The RTC had found appellants Domingo Alpapara, Pedro Alpapara, Alden Paya and Mario Bicuna guilty of murder beyond reasonable doubt.

On June 29, 1998, Domingo Alpapara, Pedro Alpapara, Alden Paya, Mario Bicuna and Nelson Guzman were charged with murder in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 13th day of...