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PEOPLE vs Fernando "Ando" Costales, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO "Ando" COSTALES and FERNANDO RAMIREZ (at-large), accused. / FERNANDO "Ando" COSTALES, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 141154-56 | 2002-01-15

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

Traditionally, religious fervor nourishes love, respect and concern for one another among brethren; it was not so however in the case of one whose adherence to his faith became the harbinger of his tragic end, sending his wife hanging by the thread of death, and worse, the crimes were perpetrated apparently by their brethren professing to be "denizens of the temple."

Accused Fernando "Ando" Costales and Fernando Ramirez, the latter being still at large, stood charged with the murder of Miguel Marcelo and the frustrated murder of Crispina Marcelo. As the perpetrators were found to be in unlawful possession...