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Salvador Yapyuco y Enriquez vs. Sandiganbayan

SALVADOR YAPYUCO y ENRIQUEZ, Petitioner, versus HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents. / MARIO D. REYES, ANDRES S. REYES and VIRGILIO A. MANGUERRA, Petitioners, versus HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents. / GERVACIO B. CUNANAN, JR. and ERNESTO PUNO, Petitioners, versus HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents

G.R. Nos. 120744-46 and G.R. No. 122677 and G.R. No.122776 | 2012-06-25

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Law enforcers thrust their lives in unimaginable zones of peril.  Yet resort to wanton violence is never justified when their duty could be performed otherwise. A “shoot first, think later” disposition occupies no decent place in a civilized society. Never has homicide or murder been a function of law enforcement.  The public peace is never predicated on the cost of human life.             
 
These are petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of...