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PEOPLE vs. SPO1 WILFREDO LEA?O, SPO1 FERDINAND MARZAN, SPO1 RUBEN B. AGUSTIN, SPO2 RODEL T. MADERAL*, SPO2 ALEXANDER S. MICU and SPO4 EMILIO M. RAMIREZ, accused, / SPO1 WILFREDO LEA?O, SPO1 FERDINAND MARZAN, SPO1 RUBEN B. AGUSTIN, SPO2 ALEXANDER S. MICU, and SPO4 EMILIO M. RAMIREZ

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SPO1 WILFREDO LEA?O, SPO1 FERDINAND MARZAN, SPO1 RUBEN B. AGUSTIN, SPO2 RODEL T. MADERAL*, SPO2 ALEXANDER S. MICU and SPO4 EMILIO M. RAMIREZ, accused, / SPO1 WILFREDO LEA?O, SPO1 FERDINAND MARZAN, SPO1 RUBEN B. AGUSTIN, SPO2 ALEXANDER S. MICU, and SPO4 EMILIO M. RAMIREZ, appellants.

G.R. No. 138886 | 2001-10-09

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] dated April 22, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 41, in Criminal Case No. 97-160355, finding appellants Wilfredo Leaño, Ferdinand Marzan, Ruben Agustin, Alexander Micu and Emilio Ramirez, guilty of two (2) counts of murder for killing Elizer Tullao and Vicente Bauzon.

The Information[2] charging the appellants and accused Rodel Maderal with double murder, reads as follows:

That on or about the 8th day of March, 1996, in the municipality of Ramon, province of Isabela, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the...