Back

PEOPLE vs Elmer Bolivar, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELMER BOLIVAR y MOYCO, JAIME MALINAO y GABUNA, ROLANDO MALINAO y LLENAS, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 130597 | 2001-02-21

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Appellants Elmer Bolivar y Moyco (hereafter ELMER), Rolando Malinao y Llenas (hereafter ROLANDO, SR.), and Jaime Malinao y Gabuna (hereafter JAIME) appeal their conviction for murder by the Regional Trial Court of Odiongan, Romblon, Branch 82, in a decision[1] dated 9 May 1997, the dispositive portion of which states:

WHEREFORE, this Court finds the accused (1) ELMER BOLIVAR Y MOYCO alias "TOTO", (2) ROLANDO MALINAO Y LLENAS alias "LANDO" and (3) JAIME MALINAO Y GABUNA guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER and each is sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with all its...