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PEOPLE vs Alfred Gallego, Dellona, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ALFREDO GALLEGO, SAMUEL DELLONA, LEOBERT GAJETO, ERWIN VILLAROS, ROBERTO APINAN, TINGTING GAJETO, ERNESTO AROLLADO, JOHN DOE @ "JUN" and RICHARD DOE @ "DIMAS," accused. / ALFREDO GALLEGO, SAMUEL DELLONA, LEOBERT GAJETO and ERWIN VILLAROS, appellants.

G.R. No. 127489 | 2003-07-11

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Certified to this Court for review by the Court of Appeals, pursuant to Section 13, Rule 124 of the Rules of Court, is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Masbate, Branch 48, finding the appellants guilty of homicide. In its Decision[2] in CA-G.R. CR. No. 16723, the CA ruled that the appellants are guilty of murder as charged, and sentenced each of them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

On March 12, 1993, appellants Alfredo Gallego, Samuel Dellona, Leobert Gajeto and Erwin Villaros, together with Roberto Apinan, Tingting Gajeto, Ernesto Arollado, a certain John Doe alyas Jun, and...