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PEOPLE Vs. Jose Soldao, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE SOLDAO, CAMILO ZU?IGA, NARCISO ZU?IGA & BENIGNO ZU?IGA, JORGE SOLDAO, TOMAS DELA CRUZ and ROGELIO VALENCIA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 80225 | 1995-03-31

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

The twenty-year old Bernardo "Benny" Arellano went to a store to quench his thirst and ended up dead with four stab wounds, eight to eleven inches deep each.

Three of the seven accused have been arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to reclusion perpetua for murdering the above victim. 1 Jose Soldao, Camilo Zuñiga, Benigno Zuñiga and Narciso Zuñiga remain at-large. 2

In this appeal, they contend that self-defense should have been appreciated in favor of accused-appellant Jorge Soldao and that the trial court erred in ruling that the accused-appellants acted in conspiracy attended by...