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PEOPLE vs Rafael Librando, Larry Surdillas & Eddie Purisima

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAELITO LIBRANDO, LARRY SURDILLAS and EDDIE PURISIMA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 132251 | 2000-07-06

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Raelito Librando, Larry Surdillas and Eddie Purisima assail the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City, Branch 50, convicting them beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On December 11, 1996, Edwin Labandero brought his eight (8) year old daughter Aileen to market in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. On their way home, Edwin, Aileen and a relative, Fernando de los Santos, traversed a hilly portion of the trail leading to Barangay Purok Maisan of the same...