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PEOPLE vs. Francisco Centeno, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO CENTENO alias "Panchito", JUAN CENTENO alias "Totok" and MANUEL CENTENO alias "Iyao", defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-48744 | 1984-06-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The accused-appellants, Francisco Centeno alias "Panchito", Juan Centeno alias "Totok" and Manuel Centeno alias "Iyao", were charged with the crime of murder in an information filed on July 10, 1972 with the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, 11th Judicial District. The information alleged that the three (3) accused, conspiring and working together, armed with firearms and with treachery and evident premeditation inflicted wounds on Nestor Asistido which caused his death.

On April 18, 1974, the trial court found the accused-appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide with the...