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Romeo Sison vs. People

ROMEO SISON, NILO PACADAR, JOEL TAN, RICHARD DE LOS SANTOS, and JOSELITO TAMAYO, petitioners, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 108280-83 | 1995-11-16

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

The case before us occurred at a time of great political polarization in the aftermath of the 1986 EDSA Revolution. This was the time when the newly-installed government of President Corazon C. Aquino was being openly challenged in rallies, demonstrations and other public for a by "Marcos loyalists," supporters of deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Tension and animosity between the two (2) groups sometimes broke into violence. On July 27, 1986, it resulted in the murder of Stephen Salcedo, a known "Coryista."

From August to October 1986, several informations were filed in court against eleven...