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PEOPLE vs Juanito Cantonjos, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUANITO CANTONJOS @ BONG (AT LARGE), HERLINO MORTEL BALAG Y CANTONJOS; AND ERNESTO ARA?AS @ JAPONG (ACQUITTED), accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 136748 | 2001-11-21

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Not content to simply take away the life of the victim, Rogelio Alcantara, the accused Balag and Cantonjos, in utter disregard of human life and disrespect for the human body, stabbed the victim at least fifty times to ensure a painful and gruesome death.


An information was filed against the accused Juanito Cantonjos @ Bong, Herlino Mortel Balag y Cantonjos, and Ernesto Arañas @ Japong, viz:

"The undersigned Assistant Provincial Prosecutor accuses JUANITO CANTONJOS @ BONG, HERLINO MORTEL BALAG Y CANTONJOS and ERNESTO ARAá'AS @ JAPONG with the crime of MURDER, committed as follows:

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