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PEOPLE Vs. Arturo Merabueno, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTURO MERABUENO, EMMANUEL TRINIDAD y FERNANDEZ, FERNANDO BASILIO y FAJARDO AND ERNESTO CRUZ y MARCIAL, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 87179 | 1994-12-14

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is an appeal by Arturo Merabueno, Emmanuel F. Trinidad, Fernando F. Basilio and Ernesto M. Cruz, from the decision of the Special Criminal Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 156, Pasig, Metro Manila, in Special Criminal Case No. 513-D, convicting them of violating Section 4, Article II of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, and sentencing them to "suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all its accessory penalties, to pay a fine of P20,000.00 and to pay costs" (Rollo, p. 35).

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The Information filed by the Office of the Provincial Fiscal of Rizal against appellants reads as follows:

"That on or...