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PEOPLE vs Ricardo Cachola & Freddie Mendoza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO CACHOLA and FREDDIE MENDOZA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 135047 | 2001-03-16

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Appellants Freddie Mendoza (hereafter FREDDIE) and Ricardo Cachola (hereafter RICARDO) were both convicted of the crime of murder on 1 June 1998 by Judge Antonio M. Laggui, of the Regional Trial Court of Aparri, Cagayan, Branch 10, in a decision[1] the dispositive portion of which states:

WHEREFORE, the court hereby renders judgment in

1. Criminal Case No. 10-586 finding the accused Richard Cachola and Freddie Mendoza NOT GUILTY of the crime of murder as charged in the Information for the disappearance and alleged death of one Buenafe G. Cabael for insufficiency of evidence, and acquitting them from...