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People of the Philippines Vs. Ricardo Dearo, Paulino Luage and Wilfredo Toledo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RICARDO DEARO, PAULINO LUAGUE and WILFREDO TOLEDO, Accused-Appellants.

G.R. No. 190862 | 2013-10-09

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

SERENO, CJ:

This is an appeal from the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) Cebu City affirming the Judgmene of the Regional Trial Court of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete City, Branch 34 (RTC), finding appellants guilty of three counts of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion petpetua for each count.

On the evening of 26 February 1996, Jose Jaro (Jose), Emeterio Santiago (Emeterio) and his son Rolly, as well as Porferia Luague Guardario (Porferia) and her daughter Analiza, were attending a fiesta celebration at Bugay, Bayawan, Negros Oriental.3 Around midnight, Emeterio asked Jose whether...