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People vs. Delima

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. MICHAEL DELIMA, ALLAN DELIMA, JOHN DOE, PAUL DOE AND PETER DOE ACCUSED, MICHAEL DELIMA AND ALLAN DELIMA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 222645 | 2018-06-27

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the 18 September 2015 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB CR-HC No. 01820, which affirmed the 22 October 2013 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 58, Cebu City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. CBU-88328 finding accused-appellants Michael Delima (Michael) and Allan Delima (Allan) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.
 
THE FACTS
 
In an Information[3] dated 26 February 2010, Michael and Allan, together with their co-accused, were charged with murder for the death of Ramel Mercedes Congreso (Ramel). The accusatory...