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PEOPLE vs Roberto Milliam & Ricky Milliam

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ROBERTO MILLIAM alias "DIOTAY" and RICKY MILLIAM alias "BUROT," accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 129071 | 2000-01-31

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

His fatigue uniform, M-16 assault rifle and military insignia were not enough to deter his tragic fate. Felix Demarayo, a member of the 15th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, was leisurely pacing along Quezon Street, Iloilo City, on the night of 18 November 1994 when two (2) men blocked his path and gunned him down in cold blood. The fallen soldier succumbed from three (3) bullet wounds as two (2) of the three (3) slugs pierced his chest. After the brutal slaying, the assailants nonchalantly walked away with Demarayo's M-16 like a "trophy" collected by hunters after a successful kill.

On 23 November...