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Minda Villamor Vs. People of the Philippines/Glicerio Vios, Jr. Vs. People of the Philippines

G.R. No. 172110 MINDA VILLAMOR, Appellee, - versus - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellant. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x G.R. No. 181804 GLICERIO VIOS, JR., Appellee, - versus - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellant.

G.R. No. 172110/G.R. No. 181804 | 2011-08-01

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:

These two cases were consolidated as they arose from the same factual milieu and assail the same decision of the Court of Appeals.
 
Minda Villamor and Glicerio Vios, Jr. (petitioners), along with Nicolas Caballero, Ricardo Tormis, and Jeffrey Cutab, were charged with frustrated murder before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lanao del  Norte, Branch 4, Iligan City, docketed as Criminal Case No. 4-7450.  The accusatory portion of the Amended Information dated February 2, 1999 filed against them reads:
 
That on or about January 7, 1999, in the City of Iligan, Philippines and...