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PEOPLE vs. Joemarie Navales, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. JOEMARIE NAVALES alias " Jun Jun," ALFREDO NAVALES, JR. alias "Coling," ALBERTO NAVALES alias "Corsam," and NEIL NAVALES, accused. ALFREDO NAVALES, JR.. alias "Coling" and ALBERTO NAVALES alias "Corsam,", accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 112977 | 1997-01-23

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Drug addiction is the scourge of society today. One of its deleterious effects is the commission of senseless crimes by those who, having imbibed drugs, lose control of their faculties as their bestial nature runs riot. In the case at bar, the life of a school teacher at the height of her most productive years was cut short by the vicious act of brothers, drug addicts all who are notorious in the community.

The information filed before the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City charging four (4) of the Navales brothers named Joemarie, Alfredo, Jr., Alberto and Neil, with robbery with homicide, reads:

That on...