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PEOPLE Vs. Oscar Balderama, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OSCAR BALDERAMA and ERNESTO BALDERAMA, defendants. ERNESTO BALDERAMA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 89597-98 | 1993-09-17

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

The filing of separate informations against brothers Ernesto Balderama and Oscar Balderama for murder and homicide, respectively, for the killing of 21-year-old Nestor Duran in Tondo, Manila, brought up a number of legal issues, albeit heretofore resolved, that initially intermitted these proceedings. The first information for homicide against Oscar Balderama was filed with the Regional Trial Court of Manila on 10 August 1984, thus --

"That on or about September 3, 1983, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with intent to kill, attack,...