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People of the Philippines Vs. Alberto Tabarnero and Gary Tabarnero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ALBERTO TABARNERO and GARY TABARNERO, Accused-Appeellants

G.R. No. 168169 | 2010-02-24

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 00027 dated April 29, 2005. In said Decision, the Court of Appeals affirmed with modification the August 29, 2002 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 78 of Malolos, Bulacan, in Crim. Case No. 888-M-2000, convicting herein appellants Alberto Tabarnero (Alberto) and Gary Tabarnero (Gary) of the crime of Murder.

The factual and procedural antecedents of the case are as follows:

Late at night on October 23, 1999, Gary went to the house of the deceased Ernesto Canatoy (Ernesto), where he the...