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PEOPLE vs Efren Tejero, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EFREN TEJERO, LUCIO PORTON, CESAR TEJERO and ARNEL TEJERO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 135050 | 2002-04-19

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated July 3, 1998, in Criminal Case No. C-2163, of the Regional Trial Court of Catarman, Northern Samar, Branch 20, finding appellants Efren, Cesar and Arnel, all surnamed Tejero, and Lucio Porton guilty of murder and sentencing each to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to jointly and severally pay the heirs of Alfredo Balase the sum of P50,000, and to pay the costs.

Appellants were charged with murder under the following Information:

That on or about the 18th day of June, 1995, at about 1:00 o'clock in the morning, inside the auditorium of Barangay San Pedro,...