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PEOPLE vs Norona and Norona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO NORONA (deceased) and FREDDIE NORONA, accused. / FREDDIE NORONA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132192 | 2000-03-31

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

RUDICO MENGOTE died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds for which the brothers Rogelio Noroña and Freddie Noroña were haled to court for murder.1 [Decision penned by Judge Celso F. Lorenzo, Sr., RTC-Br. 4, Dolores, Eastern Samar.]

The records disclose that at around 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of 17 November 1988 Rudico Mengote together with one Alvaro Orosco was driving home in his owner-type jeepney after a visit to his father in the Poblacion of Oras, Eastern Samar. On the way they happened to pass by Rogelio Noroña and Freddie Noroña who were on board a motorized tricycle driven by the latter. When...