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PEOPLE vs Ellasos @ "Rommel" and Obillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLO ELLASOS y MAURICIO ALIAS "ROMMEL" and SONNY OBILLO Y GANAYO, accused. SONNY OBILLO y GANAYO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139323 | 2001-06-06

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is an appeal by Sonny Obillo from the Decision[1] dated February 4, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose City, Branch 39, in Criminal Case No. SJC-64 (92), finding Carlo Ellasos alias Rommel Reyes and Sonny Obillo guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Carnapping with Homicide.

On May 20, 1992, accused Carlo Ellasos alias Rommel and Sonny Obillo were charged with the crime of violation of R.A. 6539 or the Anti-Carnapping Act, with Homicide in an Information which reads, to wit:

"That on or about April 2, 1992, in the City of San Jose, Republic of the Philippines, and within the...