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PEOPLE Vs. Arturo Pandiano, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTURO PANDIANO, FELIPE ERGO and FERNANDO ERGO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 90893 | 1994-05-30

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

ARTURO PANDIANO, FERNANDO ERGO, FELIPE ERGO, Reynaldo Borac, Jovencio Nuguit and John Doe were charged with murder for the killing of Emmanuel "Manny" Janson. Of the six (6) accused, John Doe was never apprehended while Borac and Nuguit were convicted of the lesser offense of homicide after pleading guilty thereto on 7 September 1988. 1 Thus, only Arturo Pandiano, Felipe Ergo and Fernando Ergo were tried and convicted of murder.

All three appealed; however, since Fernando Ergo escaped from Jail during trial, 2 his conviction by the trial court must stand. 3 Consequently, only the appeal of Arturo...