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PEOPLE vs Catuiran, Jr, De La Cruz, De Pedro, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGUINALDO CATUIRAN, JR., ELMER DE LA CRUZ, alias "SMALL," REY DE LA CRUZ, alias "PONTOY," JUSELITO DE PEDRO, alias "LANO," RAMON PATRICIO, JR., alias "BOGOY," RICARDO DE PEDRO, alias "CADO," FERNANDO LAVAROSA, alias "FANDO," and REYNALDO CATUIRAN, alias "BOY GALDING," accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 134761 | 2000-10-17

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

Accused-appellants were charged with MURDER in an information that read:

The undersigned First Assistant Provincial Fiscal of Aklan accuses AGUINALDO CATUIRAN, JR., ELMER DELA CRUZ, alias `Small', REY DELA CRUZ, alias `Pontoy,' JUSELITO DE PEDRO, alias `Lano', RAMON PATRICIO, JR., alias `Bogoy', RICARDO DE PEDRO, alias `Cado', FERNANDO LAVAROSA, alias `Fando' and REYNALDO CATUIRAN, alias `Boy' Galding', all of Barangay Lupo, Altavas, Aklan, or elsewhere, of the crime of MURDER, committed as follows:

That on or about the early morning of November 5, 1983, between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m., in Barangay Lupo,...