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PEOPLE vs. CONRADO OJERIO, FREDDIE SEQUIG* and GERARDO OJERIO (At large), accused, / CONRADO OJERIO

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CONRADO OJERIO, FREDDIE SEQUIG* and GERARDO OJERIO (At large), accused, / CONRADO OJERIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132320 | 2001-09-07

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Pangasinan, Branch 45, convicting accused-appellant of the crime of Murder in Criminal Case No. U-8141, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.

Accused-appellant was charged in two separate informations for the crimes of Murder and violation of Presidential Decree No. 1866 (Illegal Possession of Firearms). Upon arraignment on October 6, 1995, accused-appellant pleaded not guilty to both charges. On August 22, 1997, the trial court rendered a decision, acquitting accused-appellant of the charge of violation...