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Bartolome and Bandalan vs. People [DISSENTING AND CONCURRING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

CARLOS PAULO BARTOLOME Y ILAGAN AND JOEL BANDALAN Y ABORDO, PETITIONERS, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 227951 | 2021-06-28

DISSENTING AND CONCURRING OPINION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Before this Court are petitioners Carlos Paulo Bartolome y Ilagan (Bartolome) and Joel Bandalan y Abordo (Bandalan), alleged members of the Tau Gamma Phi, whom the lower courts found guilty[1] of hazing John Daniel Samparada y Llamera (Samparada),[2] causing his death.[3]
 
The ponencia granted the Petition and acquitted petitioners.[4] It found no direct evidence linking them to Samparada's death,[5] and the circumstantial evidence presented was deemed insufficient to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.[6] It discussed that the...