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People of the Philippines vs. Danilo Feliciano, Jr., et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANILO FELICIANO, JR., JULIUS VICTOR MEDALLA, CHRISTOPHER SOLIVA, WARREN L. ZINGAPAN, and ROBERT MICHAEL BELTRAN ALVIR, Accused-Appelant

G.R. No. 196735 | 2014-05-05

THIRD DIVISION
DECISION
LEONEN, J.:
 
Ii is in the hallowed grounds of a university where students, faculty, and research personnel should feel safest. After all, this is where ideas that could probably solve the sordid realities in this world are peacefully nurtured and debated. Universities produce hope. They incubate all our youthful dreams.

Yet, there are elements within this academic milieu that trade misplaced concepts of perverse brotherhood for these hopes. Fraternity rumbles exist because of past impunity. This has resulted in a senseless death whose justice is now the subject matter of this...