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Ureta, Taran, De Juan vs PEOPLE, Heir of Fulgencio, et al

BENEDICT URETA, BERNARDO TARAN and VICTOR DE JUAN, petitioners, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, SOCRATES FULGENCIO and THE HEIRS OF ROCEL[1] FULGENCIO, respondents.

G.R. No. 135308 | 2002-08-15

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioners assail the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR. No. 14627, dated March 26, 1997, which affirmed with modification the consolidated judgment dated January 29, 1994 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Kalibo, Aklan, Branch 4, in Criminal Cases Nos. 3322-23. The appellate court upgraded the conviction of petitioners Bernardo Taran, Victor de Juan, and Benedict Ureta in Criminal Case No. 3322 from homicide to murder and sustained the conviction of petitioner Benedict Ureta in Criminal Case No. 3323 for frustrated homicide. Before us, petitioners pray for acquittal.

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