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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EX-MAYOR CARLOS ESTONILO, SR., et al., ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EX-MAYOR CARLOS ESTONILO, SR., MAYOR REINARIO “REY” ESTONILO, EDELBRANDO ESTONILO A.K.A. “EDEL ESTONILO,” EUTIQUIANO ITCOBANES A.K.A. “NONONG ITCOBANES,” NONOY ESTONILO-AT LARGE, TITING BOOC-AT LARGE, GALI ITCOBANES-AT LARGE, ORLANDO TAGALOG MATERDAM A.K.A. “NEGRO MATERDAM,” AND CALVIN DELA CRUZ A.K.A. “BULLDOG DELA CRUZ,” ACCUSED, EX-MAYOR CARLOS ESTONILO, SR., MAYOR REINARIO “REY” ESTONILO, EDELBRANDO ESTONILO A.K.A. “EDEL ESTONILO,” EUTIQUIANO ITCOBANES A.K.A. “NONONG ITCOBANES,” AND CALVIN DELA CRUZ A.K.A. “BULLDOG DELA CRUZ,” ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 201565 | 2014-10-13

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

In this appeal, accused-appellants Ex-Mayor Carlos Estonilo, Sr. (Carlos, Sr.), Mayor Reinario Estonilo (Rey), Edelbrando Estonilo (Edel), Eutiquiano Itcobanes (Nonong), and Calvin Dela Cruz (Bulldog) seek liberty from the judgment1 of conviction rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 45, Manila, which found them guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the complex crime of Murder with Direct Assault in Criminal Case No. 05-238607.
 
The above-named accused-appellants, along with four others, namely: Nonoy Estonilo (Nonoy),2 Titing Booc (Titing),3 and Gali...