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PEOPLE vs Marcelo Bates

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELO BATES, accused-appellant. / MARCELO BATES, JR. (At-Large), accused.

G.R. No. 139907 | 2003-03-28

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us is an appeal taken by accused Marcelo Bates from the Judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Ormoc City (Branch 35) finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment of "forty years of reclusion perpetua".

The Information states:

That on or about the 28th day of November 1995, at around 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon, in Brgy. Esperanza, Ormoc City, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused MARCELO BATES and MARCELO BATES, JR., conspiring together and confederating with and mutually helping and...