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PEOPLE Vs. Ruben Ca?ete (Deceased), Alfredo Ca?ete, Sergio Ca?ete (Deceased), Trinidad Ca?ete And Sotero Ca?ete (Deceased)

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RUBEN CA?ETE (deceased), ALFREDO CA?ETE, SERGIO CA?ETE (deceased), TRINIDAD CA?ETE and SOTERO CA?ETE (deceased), appellants.

G.R. No. 138366 | 2003-09-11

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated December 15, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch XXVIII, Mandaue City, in Criminal Case No. DU-5985, convicting the appellants of murder and sentencing them to reclusion perpetua.

Ruben, Alfredo, Sergio, Trinidad and their father, Sotero, all surnamed Cañete, were charged with murder in an Information dated June 27,1997 which read:

That on the 24th day of May, 1997, at 10:20 o'clock in the morning, more or less, at Sitio Kanagahan, Barangay Tabla, Municipality of Liloan, Province of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,...