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PEOPLE. Vs. Jimmy Tamba, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JIMMY TAMBA, ROBERTO DIONSON, GERONDIO DESTOR and CARLOS DOLOR, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 71272 | 1987-01-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal brought by the accused Carlos Dolor and Gerondio Destor from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cotabato City, Branch XV, finding them and a Jimmy Tamba guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing each one of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim Celso Elevencionado the amount of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The amended information filed against the accused alleged:

"That on or about April 22, 1973, in the afternoon, at Sitio Mao, Barrio Kauran, Municipality of Ampatuan, Province of...