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PEOPLE Vs. Engracio T. Valeriano, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ENGRACIO VALERIANO Y TUMAHIG, MACARIO E. ACABAL @ "MOMONG," JUANITO RISMUNDO, ABUNDIO NAHID and JOHN DOES, accused. MACARIO E. ACABAL, JUANITO RISMUNDO and ABUNDIO NAHID, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 103604-05 | 1993-09-23

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In two separate informations dated 28 February 1981 and filed with the then Court of First Instance, now Regional Trial Court, of Negros Oriental, Engracio Valeriano, Juanito Rismundo, Macario Acabal, Abundio Nahid and several John Does were charged with the crimes of Murder and Frustrated Murder. The accusatory portion in the information for murder, 1 docketed as Criminal Case No. 4585, reads as follows:

"That sometime in the evening of the 28th of January, 1980, at Nagbinlod, Municipality of Sta. Catalina, Province of Negros Oriental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,...