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PEOPLE vs Clarito Arizobal, Erly Lignes, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CLARITO ARIZOBAL (at large), ERLY LIGNES and TWO (2) JOHN DOES, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 135051-52 | 2000-12-14

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Man in his inordinate pursuit of lucre oft equates human life with mere chattels and plunges himself into the bottomless pit of his own folly. He is thus driven to plunder and kill, crimes which are most reprehensible and ignominious as the criminal apparently leans towards material gains than to the inestimable value of human life. Clarito Arizobal and Erly Lignes come to us to assert and prove, if they must, that they are not cast of that mold.
The factual backdrop: On 12 August 1994 two (2) separate Informations were filed before the Regional Trial Court of Cataingnan, Masbate, charging Clarito Arizobal,...