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PEOPLE vs Cristito Sibonga, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. CRISTITO SIBONGA, JUAN VERANIO, ANTONIO SIBONGA, CRISTITOTO *MARI?AS, EUFRECINO SIBONGA, MACARIO CASIPONG, MANUEL SIBONGA, CENON BULAGAO, and BODWIN VERANIO, accused. / ANTONIO B. SIBONGA and CENON S. BULAGAO, appellants.

G.R. No. 95901 | 2003-06-16

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, Branch 37, convicting the appellants of murder, sentencing them to reclusion perpetua and directing them to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the victim, Gaudioso Kostanilla, the amount of P30,000 as civil indemnity ex delicto.

The Charge

The appellants Antonio B. Sibonga and Cenon S. Bulagao and their co-accused Cristito Sibonga, Juan Veranio, Antonio Sibonga, Cristitoto Mariñas, Eufrecino Sibonga, Macario Casipong, Manuel Sibongan, Cenon Bulagao and Bodwin Veranio, were charged with murder in an...