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PEOPLE vs Rodelio Peralta, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODELIO PERALTA Y CALAMAAN, and FERDINAND QUIAMBAO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 131637 | 2001-03-01

D E C I S I O N

BUENA, J.:

A criminal information[1] for murder, dated May 4, 1987, was filed against Rodelio Peralta y Calamaan, alias Mike and Nognog, together with Ferdinand Quiambao alias Ferding, for stabbing Ramon Mendoza resulting to his death. The case was archived[2] and was revived only on June 7, 1996[3] following the arrest of Rodelio Peralta on June 4, 1996.[4] At that time, Ferdinand Quiambao remained at-large.

Upon the scheduled arraignment, sometime in 1996, counsel for accused Peralta also appeared in behalf of accused Quiambao and manifested in court that the latter is voluntarily placing himself at the court's...