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People vs. Santillan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. GERALDO SANTILLAN Y VILLANUEVA AND EUGENE BORROMEO Y NATIVIDAD, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 227878 | 2017-08-09

D E C I S I O N
 
This is an appeal from the May 8, 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 05026, which affirmed the April 6, 2011 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 128, Caloocan City (RTC) in Criminal Case No. C-70393, finding accused-appellants Geraldo Santillan y Villanueva (Geraldo) and Eugene Borromeo (Eugene) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.
 
The Antecedents
 
In an Information, dated March 30, 2004, Geraldo and four (4) John Does were charged with the crime of murder. The Information reads:
 
That on or about the 28th day of March 2004 in Caloocan City,...