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People vs. Cornista y Reotutar etc.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HECTOR CORNISTA Y REOTUTAR @ TULAY, ALVIN LABRA Y CORNISTA @ BUNDOY OR @ MUNDOY, GARY BATHAN Y ALVERO, RICARDO BANAAY, JR. Y SINANGOTE @ TATANG OR @ BOY MARA, PEDRO SORIMA @ PETER TABAS, ARNEL CAÑEGA Y LAGUNSAD @ANI FONTILLAS, ELORDE BITANGOL @ ELOR, ROMEO RAYGA Y BANCO @ UNDO FONTILLAS @ EKONG, JOEL ATENTA DIONALDO @ ENTOY GAMBA OR ENTOY @ BARKLEY, ANDY QUINTANA, ISIDRO ARGUILLES INOSANTO JR. @ EDRANG OR @ BUDOY, FREEMAN BAGARES Y ROBENTA @ PRIMAN OR @ NEGRO OR BROSS, ALIAS LITO, ANTINIO BATUCAN Y ABANILLA @ TOYEK AND ALIAS TOTO, ACCUSED, HECTOR CORNISTA Y REOTUTAR AND ALVIN LABRA Y CORNISTA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 218915 | 2020-02-19

SECOND DIVISION
 
 
D E C I S I O N
 
HERNANDO, J.:
 
Challenged in this appeal is the October 22, 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04829 which affirmed with modification the September 24, 2010 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Binangonan, Rizal, Branch 69 in Crim. Case No. 06-528 which found appellants Hector Comista y Reotutar ("Hector") and Alvin Labra y Comista ("Alvin") (collectively, appellants) and accused Ricardo Banaay, Jr. y Sinangote ("Banaay") guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of...