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PEOPLE vs Johnny Loterono

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOHNNY LOTERONO @ “Jun”, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 146100 | 2002-11-13

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Johnny Loterono, Eric Cacho, Esmar Dato-on, Jonel Daprinal, Larry Anota and Roie Babagonio, were stay-in construction workers at the Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center in Iloilo City. In the early dawn of August 26, 1998, Roie Babagonio was repeatedly stabbed in the chest with a single-bladed weapon locally known as a pinute. Babagonio's cries for help roused Eric Cacho who slept in the same room as the victim but even as he saw the attacker assaulting Babagonio, he was forced to flee when the assailant turned on him. Esmar Dato-on and Larry Anota who were wakened by iron bars being unloaded...