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PEOPLE vs Felipe Esponilla & Samson Esponilla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FELIPE ESPONILLA and SAMSON ESPONILLA, appellants.

G.R. No. 122766 | 2003-06-20

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal by appellants Felipe Esponilla and Samson Esponilla from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iloilo City, Branch 39, in Criminal Case No. 36890 convicting them of murder and sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua.


In the Information dated October 15, 1991, the appellants were charged with murder committed as follows:

INFORMATION

The Provincial Prosecutor of Iloilo, through the undersigned, accuses FELIPE ESPONILLA and SAMSON ESPONILLA of the crime of MURDER, committed as follows:

That on or about the 28th day of June, 1991, in the Municipality of Igbaras,...