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PEOPLE vs Daniel Mendoza Cerbito, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANIEL MENDOZA CERBITO, VICENTE MENDOZA ACEDERA and JIMBOY CERBITO MORALES, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 126397 | 2000-02-01

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

On the 3rd day of September 1992 at around 2:20 p.m. the passengers of a Philippine Rabbit Bus travelling on the North Expressway on its way to Manila were victimized in a hold-up committed by four men who boarded the bus as it was approaching the Tabang tollgate. A policeman who was a passenger in the bus shot one of the holduppers. The policeman was shot in turn by another holdupper; the policeman died.

On September 24, 1992, the following information was filed against Daniel Mendoza Cerbito alias \"Daniel\", Vicente Mendoza Acedera, Jimboy Cerbito Morales alias \"Emboy\", and John Doe, all of...