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PEOPLE Vs. Ruben Cabarrubias, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN CABARRUBIAS @ AMBEN and ZOSIMO ANTIPORDA @ SAMONG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 94709-10 | 1993-06-15

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is an appeal from the joint decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2, Bangued, Abra, in Criminal Cases Nos. 442 and 443, convicting Ruben Cabarrubias alias "Amben" and Zosimo Antiporda alias "Samong" of murder (Art. 248, Revised Penal code). The dispositive portion of the assailed decision reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds both accused in Criminal Cases Nos. 442 and 443 guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder as defined and penalized in Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code, the killing of Jonalyn Espiritu in Criminal Case No. 442 being qualified by treachery and taking...