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PEOPLE vs Eduardo Melchor, Farinas, Melchor

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO MELCHOR y CARINO and ORLANDO FARINAS, accused. EDUARDO MELCHOR y CARI?O, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124301 | 1999-05-18

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Accused-appellant Eduardo C. Melchor and accused Orlando C. Fariñas were charged with the felony of murder before Branch 191 [Presided over by Judge Artemio R. Alivia.] of the Regional Trial Court of Cauayan, Isabela for the death of Arnold Garingan. The information2 [Docketed as Criminal Case No. Br. 19-741.] against the two accused reads:

"x x x

"That on or about the 31st day of January, 1994, in the municipality of Alicia, province of Isabela, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, conspiring, confederating together and helping one another, with evident premeditation...