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PEOPLE vs Carmelito Vicente, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARMELITO VICENTE y FIGO, REY BALLERA y BERSABAL and CARLOS BERSABAL y BINAS, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 142447 | 2001-12-21

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

On 13 September 1998, at around eight o'clock in the evening, Melvyn Matibag, a resident of Pinagsama Village, Western Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, invited Jerry Fajardo, a neighbor, to ride with him in his tricycle and cruise around the neighborhood. Everything went smoothly for a couple of minutes until they reached a bend when a group of five (5) men apparently inebriated suddenly blocked their way, prompting Melvyn to remark, "Pare, nakakarami na yata kayo, ah." He did not realize that his statement would cost him his life.

Piqued by the remark, accused-appellant Carmelito Vicente, one of the five,...