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PEOPLE vs Hijapon @ "Teteng" & Jose Macalla, Jr

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NECESARIO HIJAPON @ "TETENG" and JOSE MACALLA, JR., accused, NECESARIO HIJAPON @ "TETENG", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133928 | 2001-07-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This case is on automatic review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Caloocan City, Branch 126 in Criminal Case No. C-48458 finding accused-appellant Necesario Hijapon @ Teteng guilty of murder and sentencing him to the penalty of death.

In an Information dated February 6, 1995, accused-appellant Necesario Hijapon @ Teteng and Jose Macalla, Jr. were charged with the crime of murder committed as follows:

"That at about 7:30 o'clock in the evening of 25 July 1994 at Julian Felipe Street, TOPDA Village, Kalookan City and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused with intent...